darling dt’s bdae 2008!
so first i found a design online on which i’ll base my pyrography design. i followed most of e design except at parts where i think r too messy n added trivial sweet things like four leave clovers, hearts n flowers..
transferring the design to e frame using graphite paper took one hr itself. gosh!
n then before i started on e real thing, some testing was done on wood blanks:
i burnt a small hole in this blank n pinned it on my notice board!
and the real burning started!
i really wanna punch those ppl who said pyrography was an easy art. well, the wood burns easily, but to control e hot iron n e strokes was anything but. i was convinced that it was 3 times more difficult for me cos i bought e £17 iron instead of the £120 professional pyrography set.
not only was the heat frm e iron inconsistent, making it bloody hard to control e drawing, e handle on e iron gets really hot in e process! i hadda put a plaster on my middle finger to prevent any blisters frm forming. oh man..
and then it was time to apply the varnish:
e varnish turned out to be e hardest thing to get. i took a long bus journey to an unheard of place called canonbury, walked 20 min to a residential area n finally came to this hardware store where i got the darn varnish.
felt like Eastenders!
burnt a hole in my specs cloth at e very last min.. damn!
and the final touch - my self written poem, etched onto e backing of the frame!
and… VOILA!
the most painstakingly made pressie for my dearest dt!
happy bdae my darling! muacks!
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