QUEEN ELIZABETH WAS AN ICONIC RULER Queen Elizabeth was an amazing monarch. Whether you admire her or not, there is no denying her rule was long and successful. I honestly don't know as much about her as many others might, but I'm confident there are few alive on the planet today who don't know who she was. Like many with access to streaming video entertainment, I watched the first season of Netflix's The Crown series, depicting her life and...
Current Pyrography Projects I pretty much always have several pyrography projects in progress at any given time. Unless these burnings are for a paying client, I take my time on pieces, working on each as the mood strikes me. For some, I might set them aside for weeks or months before I feel like getting back to them. Sometimes that's because my schedule is just too full with other work to devote time to my personal "just for fun" projects. But...
Professor Albus Dumbleore - A Portrait I started my Harry Potter series just over a year ago. Dumbledore was third in the series and I still haven't completely finished him. As you might have guessed, I started the series with a portrait of Harry Potter, which I completed in February of 2019. Next, I followed that project with my favorite character from the story; Severus Snape. He was completed in April. I actually started work on Dumbledore on...
This is a short, time-lapse video clip of me working on burning a Vikings piece based on the Netflix series by the same name. I'm Swedish on my mother's side so, have always felt a real connection with that Norse ancestry. I really loved this series...watched the entire thing all the way through, twice, lol! So, this piece is a "just for fun" project for me! Below you'll find an update video depicting the progress I'm making on the Vikings...
I was contacted by a local guy who is working on a custom guitar as a gift for a long-time friend and band member. He wanted to know if I could burn some customization onto both the headstock/neck as well as a commemoration on the back. I was happy to do this burning and am excited to see the piece completed. My customer provided the instrument pieces, sanded down and ready for burning, which was perfect for me. I've tried my hand at stripping...
Donald Trump is President of the United States of America And since Donald Trump holds that distinguished office, I decided a presidential portrait is the ideal theme for my current "Just For Fun" project. It's been awhile since I created a piece on vegetable tanned leather, and I just happen to have some on-hand, so I decided this might be a fun one to work on. I've also been wanting to create a larger piece as an example of my portrait work....
Klaus Mikaelson is my favorite character from the television series' The Vampire Diaries and The Originals. I knew I wanted to create a series of burnings depicting several of the characters from both shows. It was no contest deciding which character I wanted to burn first! Klaus is the bad guy you hate to love. He is capable of unimaginable evil and viciousness...while at the same time possessing such a depth of personality...culture,...
I belong to several local Chambers of Commerce, including the Forest Grove, Oregon Chamber. They had an annual Chamber dinner, at which they conducted a raffle. I offered to supply a $49 retail value, custom-laser-engraved bamboo cutting board to one of the raffle winners. This board is the piece I created for a co-chamber member who represented Waste Management NW. He created this custom design, which I burned onto a 17"W x 12"H bamboo cutting...
I was contacted by a local guy who was making two essentially identical boxes that he was going to turn into jewelry boxes as gifts for his girlfriend's two daughters. He knew the images he wanted to use and the font style. So, I just had to put those together in a pleasing layout. He is a woodworker himself, so brought these to me as solid blocks of wood that he planned to finish and turn into boxes after I completed the customization. These...
