I once had an art teacher call me “tedious Eric,” because I worked over the tiniest details with careful precision. At least, I think he was referring to that, and not my personality. Anyway, I never broke the habit, as you can see here. This is one tiny part of a larger piece I’ve been working on, and even as I asked myself why I’m focusing so much on this repetitive pattern, I understood that I couldn’t do it any other way. Repetition of patterns is almost meditative, and it allows me to get into a state of mind where I can think through other things, solve other problems even as I focus on the work in front of me. Of course, when I changed over to stippling further down, it broke the rhythm and I started to feel a little fidgety and anxious.
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Posted in Art, Process, Technique, woodburning with tags Art, crosshatching, details, hatching, patterns, Process, pyrography, repetition, techniques on July 25, 2012 by scratchybPyrography Artist Blair Mclean
Posted in Art, Process, woodburning with tags architecture, Art, Blair Mclean, Chicago, oldscratch, pyrography, techniques, woodburning, Youtube on September 28, 2011 by scratchybYesterday I talked about the dearth of pyrographers kicking it up a notch to create a higher art. I found this guy Blair Mclean on YouTube and thought I’d point out his work as an example of the concept that I strive for. He does some incredible straight-line images of architecture and landscapes that kind of put me in mind of art deco and Peter Kuper. Instead of traditional burners, he uses a torch and metal straight edges. This is awesome stuff, check out these videos of his process.
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