woodburning

Scorching decorative designs

Woodburning is the craft of decorating wood by burning designs into its surface with a heated metal point, also called pyrography.

The term also describes heating systems or stoves that burn wood for fuel: a woodburning fireplace, woodburning stove.

As a modifier, it appears with or without a hyphen.

art

pyrography

Decorative burning on surfaces

detailing · contrast · tonal · sepia · design · pattern · portrait · landscape · lettering · stippling

heating

stove

Kitchen heating appliance

boiler · flames · smoke · chimney · flue · kindling · logs · embers · ash · combustion

surface

plaque

Inscribed memorial tablet

panel · bark · burl · veneer · basswood · birch · maple · pine · poplar · bamboo

technique

scorching

Extremely hot, burning

heat · pressure · transfer · tracing · outlining · shading · stippling · hatching · pointillism · layering

tools

stylus

Pointed implement for marking

  • tipEnd or gratuity
  • nibPen's writing tip
  • burnerHeat-producing device component

pen · iron · soldering · stencil · template · carbon paper · graphite · transformer · stand · holder

Categories
Opposites
artistic technique/medium

woodburningwood carving

Sculpting with timber

painting · inlay · marquetry · decoupage · staining

thermal process

woodburningfreezing

Extremely cold

fireproofing · fire suppression

Family

burn, wood, burning, wooden, woods, burned, firewood, burnish, wood-burning

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G