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 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 numbers, symbols, and punctuation marks
• 6 step-by-step projects, including a beginner's practice project and 5 additional lettering designs
• How to transfer patterns and apply them to your art, basic lettering components, tips and tricks for fixing mistakes, and more
• Helpful 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 to burning letters, this is a must-have resource for pyrographers of all skill levels to learn various hand-lettering techniques to apply on different surfaces. Opening with detailed overviews on safety, tools, basic pyrography techniques, pen tip styles, burning strokes, tonal values, and hand grips, 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 shows you everything you need to know about hand lettering with heat! You'll find tutorials on fill techniques, resizing letters, creating curved letters, fixing mistakes, and more. Templates for 10 fonts are provided, as well as a step-by-step practice project to build your skills, and five additional lettering projects to try.

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! Irish offers expert guidance on materials for pyrography, including preparing, cleaning, finishing, and sealing the surface.

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

"Lora Irish has done it again! She has created a new book covering the art of burning letters onto your projects that is very easy to understand. Picking three popular pyrography mediums—wood, paper, and leather—Lora gives you the knowledge and projects to practice your lettering skills so you can enhance all your projects!"
—Michele Parsons, Pyrography Artist, Author of Quick-Start Woodburning Guide and Leather Pyrography

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. Fox Chapel Publishing has sold more than 500,000 copies of Irish's books. Lora is also a frequent contributor to Woodcarving Illustrated and to Scroll Saw Woodworking and Crafts magazines.

From the Back Cover

The Ultimate Guide to Burning Letters

A must-have guide for pyrographers of all skill levels, Lettering on Wood, Paper, and Leather will show you everything you need to learn about applying various lettering techniques to your art. Opening with detailed overviews on safety, tools, basic pyrography techniques, burning strokes, and more, including insightful sections on three main pyrography media surfaces: wood, leather, and artist paper. This book is a complete and comprehensive resource to learning hand-lettering techniques and burning alphabets. Renowned and award-winning artist Lora Irish takes you through lettering on your chosen media and how to finish your project with flair. Accomplish your lettering goals and make amazing personalized gifts, signage, and other items with Lettering on Wood, Paper, and Leather!

What's Inside:

• Overviews on basic lettering components for capital and lowercase letters, numbers, and punctuation marks
• Tutorials on fill techniques, resizing letters, creating curved letters, and fixing mistakes
• Guidance on materials for pyrography, including preparing, cleaning, finishing, and sealing the surface
• A complete step-by-step beginner project, plus six additional lettering projects
• 10 font templates for both upper- and lowercase letters and numbers

"Lora Irish has done it again! She has created a new book covering the art of burning letters onto your projects that is very easy to understand. Picking three popular pyrography mediums—wood, paper, and leather—Lora gives you the knowledge and projects to practice your lettering skills so you can enhance all your projects!"
—Michele Parsons, Pyrography Artist, Author of Quick-Start Woodburning Guide and Leather Pyrography

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