More pyrography/wood burning history... Cool information

There are many different account of how pyrography/woodburning started and we have found many different upon research below is what one reader sent up and only wanted to be known as Marty S. from Kansas... (FYI: if you send us information/comments/questions please let us know if we can post it and who to give credit to...) This is pretty interesting and goes along with a lot of the research we have done
The Pyro (fire) Graphics (expression with lines) art form is limited only by that which can be burnt. As one of the very first art forms invented, primitive man combined fire and wood to make drawings by rubbing a charred stick against a textured surface, or by chewing a charred branch and mixing it with salvia to make black paint. These forms are evidenced in the preserved cave galleries where primitive man first displayed his art on walls
In the 1600's and 1700's Europeans would heat small metal rods, or "pokers" in a fire to make drawings. Since these rods would soon cool off and could no longer be used to burn, artists would have several metal rods in the fire to be able to continuously burn, which is the origin of the saying: "having more than one iron in the fire". Since then many devices have been made to make fire writings, but modern artists most commonly use an electric metal or wire tipped pen to burn designs onto wood, paper, leather, bone or gourds. Many skills are involved: designing, drawing, painting, carving, wood work and finishing, even computer skills are used for graphic art design and pattern making.

My Fire Art is done mostly on wood, usually, Italian Poplar, Birch, Basswood or Myrtlewood plaques, plates, spoons and boxes. Various methods are used to color some items, the most typical being oil based colored pencils which work well on wood. Stained and colored items are sealed with a satin finish coat for color preservation. Other items are left natural, or rubbed with a food grade oil in the case of cooking utensils. Those items which have been stained or colorized are decorative only, and should not be used for cooking.

well Marty sounds like you are up to date on your history and please feel free to post along with anyone else..

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