I have found over the years that I often have the desire to create something new far after I have run out of space to display the work. I literally have dozens of banker boxes filled with finished projects, tucked away under my work table or in a closet, that are simply stored away. Yet not having space for another pyrography, wood carving, or craft project does not stop me from wanting to create new ideas.
So I have come up with a small solution to my addiction to pyrography wood burning – a Pyrography Junk Journal!
I cut the front and back of my junk journal from scrap, vegetable-dyed leather, then used a leather punch to create the holes for the clip rings. Of course I worked a leather burning on my cover. My journal measures 6 1/2″ x 8″. Next I cut blank pages from heavy weight water color paper. These pages measure 6″ x 7 1/2″. Aligning the left side of the watercolor paper pages to the leather cover I marked the clip ring holes on the pages and cut them with my leather punch.
I can work a pyrography wood burning pattern directly on the watercolor paper pages or I can use those pages to mount other media as small basswood squares, chip board shapes, paper mache squares, or leather scraps.
Quick, easy, and so ready to fill with new free pyrography project patterns, experimental texture practice boards, and test sample for the next large pyrography burning!
Hope you have fun with this idea!!!!
~Lora