Tourch your work

[olddust1]

I regularly use a pencil tourch to scourch the fuzzies off the back of cuttings then use sandpaper to remove the scourched fuzzies.

However I have also found that by tourching the front of cuttings it will often add charicture to the art.

Here is a work showing the difference between a no tourch cut on the right and a lightly tourched cutting mounted on a slab.

 

John

 

olddust1

torch KOKO.pdf

[courdorygirl]

That's a great idea, and it makes the piece look very interesting.

[Scrappile]

I was a real skeptic of torching the  fuzzes until I tried it once.  Works very well.  I like your extension of that.

[LarryEA]

Different woods will take torching differently.

It will change the looks.

[amazingkevin]

I tryed it once .like the look but forgot about it that fast :shock: :shock:

[DWSUDEKUM]

I have been tempted to do that but I am afraid I am I bit of a pyro and would not stop with just scorching the work.... it's called designer firewood for a reason

 

 

DW

[wombatie]

I have never liked the idea of torching the fuzzies.  I read a post once ( not sure which site it was on ) were a lady always torched her fuzzies but one time the piece caught a light and up it went.  Well that did it for me I'm afraid, I like the work that I do I don't want to see it burn.

 

Marg

[Sparkey]

I always torch the back and it works great. Never tried the front.