wooden burning with wood

Find out everything about wooden burning and pyrography. wooden burning is a traditional art for decorating wood, leather or cork with burn marks. This technique involves painting or stamping with a hot wooden burning pen accessoires . With wooden burning you can create complete pictures or very individual gifts, such as Breakfast boardsname tags or jewelry boxes. With a little practice and dexterity, you can create intricate lettering and patterns that turn a plain wooden blank into a unique one-off. The extraordinary look is achieved with no other technique than wooden burning;, which is precisely why it is so interesting and still very much in vogue today.

Templates for wooden burning

Using templates or your own patterns, you can decorate wooden plates, boards and boxes in particular to create unique pieces. Be inspired by our individual instructions: The crafting technique wooden burning is perfect for adding a personal touch to picture frames, for example. Before you start branding your workpiece, you should first familiarize yourself with the branding process. A practice piece is the best way to test whether the temperature of the branding pen is right, as the engraving must be done quickly, otherwise the material will burn uncontrollably. The intensity of the coloring of the resulting contour depends on how long the branding tip remains on the surface of the wooden blank. Before you start firing, you can sand the surface of the wood with sandpaper. This will remove the loose wood fibers. The finer the wood surface, the better and more accurately you can work on it afterwards. You can also decorate your finished wooden parts with any color wood stain . To protect the surface against dirt and moisture, you can coat your finished unique piece with matt wood stain-varnish.

Branding sets and tools

We have various branding sets and the corresponding tools for wooden burning in our range. We also have many different wooden blanks that are ideal for branding, for example Birch slices, VBS Breakfast board, 3 pieces or theVBS Chest with insert. There are a variety of different attachments available for the flasks so that even beginners can quickly achieve beautiful results.