Refimprove date November 2007 File Toscan Mona Lisa.JPG thumb right 250px Pyrography artwork of the Mona Lisa File Pyrography The White Horse.jpg thumb The White Horse. Pyrography on Poplar Wood Pyrography ... burning . Pyrography means writing with fire , from the Greek pur fire and graphos writing . ref ... using specialised modern pyrography tools, or using a metal implement heated in a fire, or even ... used. Pyrography is also applied to leather items, using the same hot iron technique. Leather lends ... tanned leather must be used for pyrography, as modern tanning methods leave chemicals in the leather which are toxic when burned typically in light colours for good contrast. Pyrography is also popular ... Art of Pyrography , Evanston 1993, ISBN 9781879260122 ref It was known in China from the time of the Han ... en 16Traditions1930.html China Culture pyrography ref During the Victorian era , the invention of pyrography machines sparked a widespread interest in the craft, and it was at this time that the term pyrography was coined previously the name pokerwork had been most widely used ref http www.walkaboutcrafts.com crafttopics crafts pyrography.htm Walkabout Crafts pyrography ref In the late 19th ... process. Pyrography is a traditional folk art in many European countries, including Romania, Hungary, as well as countries such as Argentina in South America. Equipment Traditional pyrography can be performed using any heated metal implement. Modern pyrography machines exist, and can be divided into two ... to allow for different effects. ref Walters, S Pyrography Workbook A Complete Guide to the Art of Woodburning .... No more links Commons category Pyrography http www.chinapyrography.com China pyrography Art http www.suewalters.com PyroSchool.html Pyrography School showing how it s done http www.patrickfaleur.com pyrography Pyrography.net http www.scorchpyro.co.uk Techniques.html Pyrography tips and techniques http www.stefaniamante.com Draw with Fire. The Art of Pyrography Stefania Mante decorative arts Woodworking ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Image Nontron logo.png right Nontron logo The Nontron knife is a traditional wooden handled penknife manufactured in the village of Nontron in the Dordogne area of southern France , in a tradition said to date back to the 15th century. The handle is usually of boxwood genus boxwood . Nontron knives are decorated with Pyrography pokerwork designs based on a distinctive logo, and are now highly prized as a style item. In appearance they are somewhat similar to the cheaper and much more widespread Opinel knife , though the blades and handles are more various in shape. External links http www.covecutlery.com Category.cfm?CategoryID 48 Page of Nontron knives at the Cove Cutlery website BROKEN LINK Category Pocket knives ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Refimprove date October 2008 F. Weber & Company, Inc. , successors to Janentzky & Weber Manufacturers & Importers, was established in 1853 and incorporated in 1920. The company manufactured artists supplies, including painting and drawing supplies, mathematical instrument s, materials for gilders, sign and coach painters, china decorators, engineers, lithographers, etchers and engravers, as well as materials for pyrography or Pyrography wood burning , and wax and paper flowers. Their main office was located at 1125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , and branch houses existed at 709 Locust St., St.Louis, Missouri, and 5 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland . Frederick Weber was a chemist, author, lecturer and painter. ref http archives.getty.edu 8082 cgi f findaid findaid idx?cc utf8a c utf8a view reslist subview standard didno US 3A 3ACMalG 3A 3A950018 focusrgn bioghist byte 9141255Gibbs, Gibbs, Jocelyn. Inventory of the F. Weber & Company, Inc. Records, 1865 1973. Los Angeles, Calif. Research Library, Getty Research Institute. 1996, rev. 2005. ref External links http hdl.handle.net 10020 cifa950018 F. Weber & Company records, 1865 1973. Getty Research Institute. Los Angeles, California. Manufacturer of artists materials, including paints, papers, and other supplies. Records contain trade catalogs and price lists, paint formula books, sample books, and business papers, trade catalogs and sample books of other companies, and lectures written and delivered by F. Weber. ref http archives.getty.edu 8082 cgi f findaid findaid idx?cc utf8a c utf8a view reslist subview standard didno US 3A 3ACMalG 3A 3A950018 Gibbs, Jocelyn. Inventory of the F. Weber & Company, Inc. Records, 1865 1973. Los Angeles, Calif. Research Library, Getty Research Institute. 1996, rev. 2005. ref Footnotes Reflist Category Manufacturing companies based in Pennsylvania Category Companies established in 1853 Category Companies based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvan ... more details
Image Charles Henry Turner14a.jpg thumb Self portrait by Turner Charles Henry Francis Turner ref http www.artscraftsgal.com level.itml icOid 172 Schneible Fine Art ref 7 August 1848 24 November 1908 was an American watercolourist and oil painter of landscapes, portraits, illustrations, and genre scenes, who from 1877 studied with Otto Grundmann 1844 1890 , founder of the Boston School , at Boston Museum of Fine Arts School. ref http www.trocadero.com agler items 748413 item748413.html Raymond Agler Fine Arts ref Turner was a member of the Unity Art Club and the Boston Art Club of which he later became president. Turner was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts , but lived and worked in Jackson, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts and exhibited in Boston, Philadelphia , and New York City New York . In the 1880s he spent some time studying and working in Europe, later joining the White Mountain art White Mountain School of painting. ref http www.hamptonhistoricalsociety.org turner.htm Hampton Historical Society ref Turner produced some fine, detailed pyrographic artworks. On his trip to the Europe Continent , he was inspired by European and French master paintings and portraits. His love of portrait painting and exposure to early French pyrography , led to his interest in this art form. He created three known pyrographic portraits of European ladies together with a pyrographically decorated oak blanket chest, inscribed on the lid This chest decorated in pyrography by me Charles H.F. Turner for my grand daughter Elise 1901 . Family Charles Henry s father was Henry W. Turner of Boston, and his mother was Sarah A. Goss b. 28 August 1828 in Hampton, New Hampshire . After his mother s death Charles Henry was raised in Hampton by his mother s parents, William and Theodate Goss. ref http wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com cgi bin igm.cgi?op GET&db hampton nh&id I5382 Rootsweb ref Charles Henry married Elise Clementina Augusta Hagedorn b. Stadthagen , Germany and they had 2 children, ... more details
Alison Elizabeth Taylor born 1973, Selma, Alabama is an United States American artist based out of New York City . She is known for her Renaissance style marquetry and woodwork depicting contemporary subject matter. Her work has been featured at a number of notable galleries and covered in The New York Times , The New Yorker Magazine The New Yorker , and The Village Voice . ref cite news url http www.nytimes.com 2008 05 27 arts design 27marq.html? r 1&ref design&oref slogin title An Artist Revives Renaissance Style Marquetry , publisher The New York Times date 27 May 2008 accessdate 2008 07 18 first Carol last Kino ref ref cite web url http www.jamescohan.com artists alison elizabeth taylor bio title James Cohan Gallery Alison Elizabeth Taylor ref Works and Career Image Alison Elizabeth Taylor The Tattooist.jpg thumb right 180px The Tattooist , 2008, Wood veneer, pyrography, shellac, 54 41 inches Form follows function in that Taylor employs marquetry in the service of content. She subverts inlay s decorative status by constructing narratives that are neither decorative, nor memorial, nor facile, but rather freezing the abject, mundane and ordinary in time. Marquetry was first popularized under Louis XIV in the 17th century in the unprecedented luxury of Versailles. By portraying these subjects in a technique associated with opulence and privilege, the artist pays respect to the subject and challenges the expectations and connotations associated with the material. Alison Elizabeth Taylor is a graduate of Columbia University , School of the Arts and has had three solo exhibitions at the James Cohan Gallery in New York. References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Taylor, Alison Elizabeth ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1973 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Taylor, Alison Elizabeth Category American artists Category 1973 births Category Living people US artist stub zh ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 Gourd art involves creating works of art using Lagenaria spp. hard shell gourds as an art medium. Gourd surfaces may be carved, painted, sanded, burned, dyed, and polished. Typically, a harvested gourd is left to dry over a period of months before the woody surface is suitable for decorating. Gourd decoration, including pyrography , is an ancient tradition in Africa and Asia as well as among the indigenous peoples of the Americas , notably the central highland people of Peru , the Navajo Nation Navajo , Hopi and Pueblo nations of the American Southwest , and the Nux lk Nation Nux lk and Haida people Haida nations of British Columbia . Gourd crafting and painting has evolved from early hand carvings to the modern day use, by some, of electric wood burners and high speed pen shaped rotary tools that can be used to inscribe almost any design. A wide variety of gourd shapes and sizes yields an array of art pieces, including ornaments, bowls, sculpture, vases, and wall art such as masks. Artistic styles can range from craft to fine art. Perhaps the most prolific and successful gourd artist in the United States is Robert Rivera of New Mexico. The American Gourd Society, headquartered in Kokomo, Indiana , was founded in 1937 and publishes its own magazine . The Canadian Gourd Society was formed in 1999 and is located in Kitchener, Ontario . Both are national nonprofit organizations dedicated to the education and instruction of those interested in gourd history, cultivation, painting, crafts, and participating in competitions. Gourd Art shows and festivals occur in many places throughout North America , the oldest running festival was founded in North Carolina in 1942. In recent years, Internet technology has considerably broadened exposure to the art form which in turn has helped generate a marked increase in the number of participants. In North America, gourd art has been the subject of specialty television programs such as the Carol Duvall Sho ... more details
File Gas soldering iron.jpeg thumb A gas fired soldering iron Image Soldering gun.jpg thumb Electric soldering iron Refimprove date April 2010 A soldering iron is a hand tool most commonly used in soldering . It supplies heat to melt the solder so that it can flow into the joint between two workpieces. A soldering iron is composed of a heated metal tip and an insulated handle. Heating is often achieved electrically, by passing an electric current supplied through an electrical cord or battery cables through a resistive heating element . Portable irons can be heated by combustion of gas stored in a small tank, often using a catalytic heater rather than a flame. Simple irons less commonly used than in the past were simply a large copper bit on a handle, heated in a flame. Soldering irons are most often used for installation, repairs, and limited production work in electronics assembly. High volume production lines use other soldering methods. ref name Bralla03 Bralla, James G. Handbook of Manufacturing Processes How Products, Components and Materials are Made Industrial Press, 2007 page 297 ref Large irons may be used for soldering joints in sheet metal objects. Less common uses include pyrography burning designs into wood and plastic welding . Types Simple iron Image Soldering a 0805.jpg thumb Soldering electronic components For electrical and electronics work, a low power iron, a power rating between 15 and 30 watt s, is used. Higher ratings are available, but do not run at higher temperature instead there is more heat available for making soldered connections to things with large thermal capacity , for example, a metal chassis. ref name winstanley Some irons are temperature controlled, running at a fixed temperature in the same way as a soldering station, with higher power available for joints with large heat capacity. Simple irons run at an uncontrolled temperature determined by thermal equilibrium when heating something large their temperature drops a little ... more details
orphan date September 2009 File Homelacortijada.jpg thumb La Cortijada Cortijada Los Gazquez is a creative retreat situated in an off grid location within the Parque Natural Sierra Maria Los Velez, in Andalucia, Southern Spain. The house is the result of renovating five traditional farmhouses Cortijada, in Spanish into one carbon neutral building. Energy is harnessed through the use of solar power , wind power , and Pyrography wood burning . Los Gazquez oversees convert 47 acre m2 of farmland, including an Olive Orchard, almond and fruit tree s, and wheat fields. It is also the site of Joya, an artists residency program focused on art that engages with issues of Sustainability ecological sustainability . History Los Gazquez is the project of Simon and Donna Beckmann, who chose the location and began working on developing the property into an ecologically and Social responsibility socially responsible retreat in 2006. The five original farmhouses represented a traditional Spanish set up, of simple vernacular structures that economically accommodated farmers as they cared for the surrounding land. The Beckmanns combined the houses to create a space that could meet the ecological goals of their project, while also maintaining the essential architectural style of the original houses. La Cortijada s design is rooted in an effort to respect the traditional Spanish architecture while also allowing for attention to design. Construction of the building includes traditional whitewashed stone and adobe. Inside, reformed Andalucian ceilings have been created, using pine and poplar beams covered in yeso. The exterior rooftop is a traditional techa arabe, or a composition of curved tiles. In the renovation of the five old farmhouses, the style of the vernacular, understood as the unconscious work of craftsmen based on knowledge was preserved. By combing vernacular elements with a more modern pared down minimalism , the structure and design of La Cortijada Los Gazquez is an exampl ... more details
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