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Inspired by Andi Wolfe

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Inspired by Andi Wolfe

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Inspired by Andi Wolfe

Mark Kauder, Phenix City, AL

>As I have told you all before, last Spring, I was fortunate enough to host Andi Wolfe at my home for a demo for our club. At the demo, both my wife, and to a lesser extent, my son (now 14) attended.

Both were very interested in Andi's pyrography work. My wife played around with it after I got my woodburner, which to this point, I only use to sign my name on the bottom of bowl. A little over a month ago, I posted a picture of a Vessel that I turned out of 2x4 material, that my wife then burned a Celtic design around, and then I tinted. She donated it to her women's club silent auction, and got several hundred dollars for it.

Here is some work that she did this weekend on some wooden spoons (purchased). The leave are quite detailed, though the pictures do not show it.




Of course once the woodburner is out on the kitchen table, my son cannot not use it.








Thanks Andi for the inspiration.

Mark

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AndiWolfe

>Wow, Mark. It's so gratifying to know I've made such a long-lasting impact on the family. Please pass along my good wishes, and I hope they'll have fun for many years to come. Cool!

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JamieDonaldson

>Andi- it's time to recognize that you're the Mother of a movement!! But if the next generation is also learning from your technique, does that make you're the Grandmother.....!!!???

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in the world of pyrography *LINK*

-e-

>when i started burning, i had no idea how wide-spread the pyrographic world was...here's one of many sites for inspiration.

http://www.nedraspyrography.com/


http://www.nedraspyrography.com/

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AndiWolfe

>I'm not ready to be a grandmother in the real world (hope my son is paying attention!), but it's nice to know I've had some influence in surface enhancement treatments of woodturnings. There are many design options out there, but I think pyrography is one of the most versatile for adding texture or details (and, of course, for carving).

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Chipster

>My new bride is interested in pyrography, and I'm wondering if there are any workshops or classes to send her to. I did see that Nedra has classes, but I was hoping there were some closer to us here in MI. I did a google on it, but got very limited response.

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AndiWolfe

>Chipster - I'll give a hands-on class the first Sunday of June at Woodcraft in Hilliard, OH. Don't know if that's close enough to where you live.

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-e-

>you might post that question on the pyrography group's forum. here's one of many groups:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uniting_pyrographers/

do group such on yahoo for other pyrography groups

also check out:http://www.woodburner.com/tutorials.php

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Well it doesn't get any better than that!

Mike Schwing from Md.

>How about that - someone asks a question about something, and one response later one of the craft's most well respected artists offers a lesson. Nice!

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Chipster

>Thank you Andy. I just might have to pack up the car and bring here down for that. Hilliard is about 200 miles away, but I'm sure it would be worth it. Hey, maybe she'll win the prize for coming the farthest!

Thanks for the info!