Lettering on Wood, Paper and Leather: A Pyrography Workbook (Fox Chapel Publishing) Woodburning 10 Alphabets in Capitals, Lowercase, and Symbols, 6 Projects, Tips and Tricks, Sizing Guidance, and More - Softcover

Lora S. Irish

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497103282 ISBN 13: 9781497103283

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

Improve your pyrography lettering skills in any medium!

• Ultimate guide for pyrographers, woodworkers, and crafters who want to learn how to improve their lettering skills on wood, paper, and leather
• 10 alphabets including the most common and popular types and fonts in both upper and lowercase, as well as symbols
• How to apply patterns and transfer patterns, plus tips and tricks for fixing mistakes
• Practice projects, guidance on sizing and laying out your designs, and instruction on customizing designs to create monograms, sayings, and other personalized touches
• Author Lora S. Irish is a popular author and renowned pyrography artist with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide of her 30 published instructional guides and countless patterns for beginners and experts alike

Accomplish your hand lettering goals and make amazing personalized gifts and signs with flair!

The ultimate guide for pyrographers, this is a must-have resource to learning various hand lettering techniques to apply on different surfaces. Opening with detailed overviews on safety, tools, basic pyrography techniques, pen tip styles and burning strokes, tonal values, and more, also included are sections on three main pyrography media surfaces: wood, leather, and artist paper.

After learning how to work on each medium, this insightful guide then offers everything you need to know about hand lettering with heat! Templates for seven fonts are provided, as well as a step-by-step practice project to build your skills.

Finally, with this complete and comprehensive resource to learning and burning alphabets, renowned and award-winning artist Lora Irish takes you through how to prepare your chosen media to finish it with flair.

Improve your hand lettering skills to make beautiful customized gifts, signage, and other amazing calligraphy projects with Lettering on Wood, Paper, and Leather!

About this title

About the Author

Lora S. Irish is an internationally known artist and author, whose acclaimed books include Great Book of Carving Patterns, Great Book of Celtic Patterns, Great Book of Dragon Patterns, Great Book of Tattoo Designs, The Official Vampire Artist's Handbook, Relief Carving Wood Spirits, World Wildlife Patterns for the Scroll Saw, and many more.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1497103282
• ISBN 13: 9781497103283
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96