6. Tara Pyrographic Design
6. Tara Pyrographic Design from Rafael Rodriguez
6. Tara Pyrographic Design

Created: August 2014
Type of Piece: Commission
Role: Lead Designer & Pyrographic Artist

This is a pyro-graphic… “the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a soldering Iron”. This was a commission from a coworker. The wood ball is actually top end, or the cap, to a walking stick. It has her name and a vine wrapping to the back with a butterfly on the end. I also burned a design onto the walking stick, that when twisted, you could read the surname of the couple. These were very challenging pieces because with pyrography the iron needs consistent movement or else if the iron stays in one place too long it will quickly burn. The ball took me about 4 hours (cradle to crave) and the walking stick took about a week.

Front of waking stick cap with the name "Tara" pyrographed.
Backside of walking stick cap.
Right side of walking stick cap.
Left side of walking stick cap.
Top view of waking stick. The surname is pyrographed down the stick.
Bottom of walking stick with "EST 1993" pyrographed.
Middle bottom of stick to show vines and buds.
Script font pyrographed.
Vines and script font pyrographed.
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6. Tara Pyrographic Design

Created: August 2014
Type of Piece: Commission
Role: Lead Designer & Pyrographic Artist

This is a pyro-graphic… “the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a soldering Iron”. This was a commission from a coworker. The wood ball is actually top end, or the cap, to a walking stick. It has her name and a vine wrapping to the back with a butterfly on the end. I also burned a design onto the walking stick, that when twisted, you could read the surname of the couple. These were very challenging pieces because with pyrography the iron needs consistent movement or else if the iron stays in one place too long it will quickly burn. The ball took me about 4 hours (cradle to crave) and the walking stick took about a week.

Rafael Rodriguez
Freelance Artist, Web Designer, and Domestic Engineer Sumter, SC