Hello again,
If you are passionate about your craft of Pyrography you will be eager to experiment with new possibilities for your craft. For example you may want to create a range of Pyrography products that are not fashioned in a traditional way but are linked in a personal way to you.
As an amateur Pyrographer I appreciate the time that I spend working on my Pyrography projects, because I am in a totally different environment to the one that I normally work in.
It provides extra qualities to my life that I would not necessarily experience otherwise. By this I mean that practising arts and crafts can give you the opportunity to take time out to think. It allows you breathing space in an often very hurried and busy everyday life.
When you have the opportunity to unwind and de-stress and to stop the rush of the world around you, then you also have time to centre and balance your thoughts which can be very beneficial to well being.
Arts and crafts can be used as a way of communicating those things inside you that you may not be able to say but, if they can be released from within you through artistic expression this could be a valuable way to getting the balance back into your life.
If you have experienced exceptional emotional circumstances such as separation, divorce, death of a loved one or ill health, then using art as a way to heal some of the negative thoughts that may be trapped inside you may provide a way in finding a resolution so that you can move on into a more positive future for yourself.
If you use or modify some of the ideas that I wrote about in my last blog, on how to set yourself up in a relaxing and spiritual environment, you will find that your negative ideas can be safely released. Make this your ‘special time about you’.
Remember to have nearby artists materials of your choice and when you are ready begin to let out all negative emotional issues as colours, symbols, patterns. This is your private work that you do not have to show to anyone else.
It would be far too ambitious to say that all your negativity can be released in one go! The more opportunities that you take to give yourself ‘special time’, to release the thoughts that may be hurting inside you, then the weaker these negative feelings become.
I must say that I know this from my own experience as I have used both the written word and art to help me resolve the negativity in my past and it has helped me tremendously. I hope it can help others too.
If you have an experiences of arts/crafts helping you in a healing way that you would like to share with others, please let me know and I will endeavour to write about it in my blog.
Thank you.
Tuesday 20 May 2008
Monday 19 May 2008
First Steps In Pyrography Spiritual Approach 2
Hi there!
How do you tap into ‘spiritual subconscious’ an ethereal type quality that you have within yourself, to aid your creativity and Pyrography work?
It can be quite difficult to step out of the hustle and bustle that surrounds and influences us in everyday life. We need to allow ourselves time to contemplate and access the deeper spiritual side that lies within us. This means finding a peaceful place on our own where we will not be interrupted.
Some of you may know how to use meditation to clear your mind of all thoughts and to allow your spiritual light to shine from within. If you can do this it will be easier for you to convey your thoughts and emotions into shapes and colours straight onto paper or whatever you choose as a material for your creative expression.
If this is something that you have not done before, then just allow yourself to be in a peaceful place and empty your mind and relax. Create an environment perhaps with appropriate music i.e. natural earth sounds, Pans pipes or spiritual melodies of your choice to help you to open up the pathway to releasing your thoughts freely from within.
If you still find this difficult then try this simple exercise which is similar to the one that Jenny Mather Artist and Therapist of Blackberry Barn, Bamford, Derbyshire used at a workshop day that I attended. It helped me to lift the block of always having to draw recognisable shapes.
This little exercise will help you to use symbols to represent how you feel. After the exercise you can think how to use some of your own inner thoughts in the same way to create patterns and images for your Pyrography.
Have some coloured pencils to hand and reading through your paired words quickly draw (don’t think too hard just do it) the symbols that represent your pair of words e.g. (Peaceful may come out as a straight blue line and angry may be red dots or black scribbles) draw whatever appears from your fingertips using the coloured pencil of your choice!
If you wish, then use the word pair examples below or use your own pairs of words.
Happy - Sad: Land - Sea: Light - Dark:
Peaceful - Angry: Home - Away: Black - White:
Big - Small: Hot - Cold: Beautiful - Ugly:
Sun - Moon: Young - Old: Liquid - Solid:
Day - Night: Loud - Quiet: Long - Short:
Laugh - Cry: Love - Hate: Mountain - Valley:
I think you will find the results very stimulating!
How do you tap into ‘spiritual subconscious’ an ethereal type quality that you have within yourself, to aid your creativity and Pyrography work?
It can be quite difficult to step out of the hustle and bustle that surrounds and influences us in everyday life. We need to allow ourselves time to contemplate and access the deeper spiritual side that lies within us. This means finding a peaceful place on our own where we will not be interrupted.
Some of you may know how to use meditation to clear your mind of all thoughts and to allow your spiritual light to shine from within. If you can do this it will be easier for you to convey your thoughts and emotions into shapes and colours straight onto paper or whatever you choose as a material for your creative expression.
If this is something that you have not done before, then just allow yourself to be in a peaceful place and empty your mind and relax. Create an environment perhaps with appropriate music i.e. natural earth sounds, Pans pipes or spiritual melodies of your choice to help you to open up the pathway to releasing your thoughts freely from within.
If you still find this difficult then try this simple exercise which is similar to the one that Jenny Mather Artist and Therapist of Blackberry Barn, Bamford, Derbyshire used at a workshop day that I attended. It helped me to lift the block of always having to draw recognisable shapes.
This little exercise will help you to use symbols to represent how you feel. After the exercise you can think how to use some of your own inner thoughts in the same way to create patterns and images for your Pyrography.
Have some coloured pencils to hand and reading through your paired words quickly draw (don’t think too hard just do it) the symbols that represent your pair of words e.g. (Peaceful may come out as a straight blue line and angry may be red dots or black scribbles) draw whatever appears from your fingertips using the coloured pencil of your choice!
If you wish, then use the word pair examples below or use your own pairs of words.
Happy - Sad: Land - Sea: Light - Dark:
Peaceful - Angry: Home - Away: Black - White:
Big - Small: Hot - Cold: Beautiful - Ugly:
Sun - Moon: Young - Old: Liquid - Solid:
Day - Night: Loud - Quiet: Long - Short:
Laugh - Cry: Love - Hate: Mountain - Valley:
I think you will find the results very stimulating!
Bye for now - I hope you enjoy creating your own 'special place' where you can explore safely what lies within and make a creation unique to you!
Sunday 18 May 2008
First Steps In Pyrography A Spiritual Approach
Hello again,
Pyrography is often used to make a wooden household item look more attractive. If you are an amateur just as I am, then sometimes it feels safer and easier to stick to simple designs on these kinds of items.
There is nothing wrong in developing your skills in this way and it may lead you eventually into areas such as furniture embellishment, decorative household signs or other house and garden wares to expand your business.
The way in which you use and develop your skill in Pyrography, depends upon your outlook. If you have already made a plan with goals to work towards, then great! This will go a long way to giving you incentives that you can progress towards and layered levels of achievement to help you on your way.
You may be a Pyrographer that is looking for an alternative way to develop your craft, one in which you will be able to inject 100% of your own personality and individuality into a piece of Pyrographic work. This concept appeals to me but where do you start?
I decided to try out an exercise to help awaken my ‘creative powers’ by tapping into my ‘spiritual subconscious’ as I wanted to explore new ideas for my Pyrography.
Why should I want to tap into this ethereal quality that we all have within ourselves? Opening deeper areas within the subconscious mind allows the freedom to explore and express feelings from past and present thoughts. It is like allowing yourself to open a gateway to your personal story of past experienced emotions.
Just as the wrinkles add to the character of a face, feelings and emotions combine with your memory to bring back remembered pictures full of sounds, movement, taste, touch, smell and the sight of many shapes and vivid colours.
You have the choice to release these emotional memories through writing, music, dance, drama or art as creative expression.
Once you have opened the gateway to your ‘spiritual subconscious’ you will find it easy to express your art, as it will flow out into a creation that is an expression of you as an individual. Your thoughts, feelings and emotional memories from the past and possibly of how you feel now and how you wish to feel in the future come to the surface.
As an artist, if you allow yourself to create with materials that feel right to you and colours that represent your deepest thoughts and emotions, then the possibilities for creative work are immeasurable and can be very challenging and exciting!
Next time:- A few ideas on how into tap your ‘spiritual subconscious’.
Pyrography is often used to make a wooden household item look more attractive. If you are an amateur just as I am, then sometimes it feels safer and easier to stick to simple designs on these kinds of items.
There is nothing wrong in developing your skills in this way and it may lead you eventually into areas such as furniture embellishment, decorative household signs or other house and garden wares to expand your business.
The way in which you use and develop your skill in Pyrography, depends upon your outlook. If you have already made a plan with goals to work towards, then great! This will go a long way to giving you incentives that you can progress towards and layered levels of achievement to help you on your way.
You may be a Pyrographer that is looking for an alternative way to develop your craft, one in which you will be able to inject 100% of your own personality and individuality into a piece of Pyrographic work. This concept appeals to me but where do you start?
I decided to try out an exercise to help awaken my ‘creative powers’ by tapping into my ‘spiritual subconscious’ as I wanted to explore new ideas for my Pyrography.
Why should I want to tap into this ethereal quality that we all have within ourselves? Opening deeper areas within the subconscious mind allows the freedom to explore and express feelings from past and present thoughts. It is like allowing yourself to open a gateway to your personal story of past experienced emotions.
Just as the wrinkles add to the character of a face, feelings and emotions combine with your memory to bring back remembered pictures full of sounds, movement, taste, touch, smell and the sight of many shapes and vivid colours.
You have the choice to release these emotional memories through writing, music, dance, drama or art as creative expression.
Once you have opened the gateway to your ‘spiritual subconscious’ you will find it easy to express your art, as it will flow out into a creation that is an expression of you as an individual. Your thoughts, feelings and emotional memories from the past and possibly of how you feel now and how you wish to feel in the future come to the surface.
As an artist, if you allow yourself to create with materials that feel right to you and colours that represent your deepest thoughts and emotions, then the possibilities for creative work are immeasurable and can be very challenging and exciting!
Next time:- A few ideas on how into tap your ‘spiritual subconscious’.
Friday 2 May 2008
Pyrography For Pleasure or Profit
Hello again!
I have been surfing the net to see what’s happening in the world of wood burning and connected wood crafts.
I have found some amazing Pyrography from all corners of the earth! I hadn’t realised that there was such an interest and so many forms of burned wood etching!
It seems Pyrography has many forms including as an embellishment that a wood turner may use to give a personalised finish to a piece of work.
The same applies to wooden furniture makers. Bespoke furniture can be created and a design may be repeated for example on kitchen cupboard doors or perhaps on the wooden furniture in a child’s room, adding a touch of originality to the piece.
Pyrography is surprisingly adaptable and can be used to give a decorative finish to household items which can be themed and coloured to enhance the original item.
If you have a flair for the arts then Pyrography can be used in many imaginative and creative ways including 'Fire Art' for pictures and sculptures. Pyrography also lends itself to a embellishment on wooden or leather jewellery.
This craft can offer you a bottomless reservoir of potential ideas, however, what do you do if you know that you would like to create for instance, a picture on wood but you don’t know what the picture should be?
Or perhaps you have already created many pieces of work and now all your ideas have dried up, this can happen to the best of us.
The first thing I did when this happened to me was to think about ways that I could open up my mind, so that I might become more receptive to experimenting with new forms of Pyrography.
I went down to the library to search out books that may help me to think more laterally. I needed to find books that talked about techniques of ‘lateral thinking’. I wanted to see if I might be able to unblock the stopper and release a new wave of ideas that I could use for my craft.
Research of this kind in a library or on the net may not appeal to everyone but I found some of the ideas quite stimulating and freeing. It is definitely worth the extra effort - why not try reading some of the literature yourself (that is of course if you are not already experienced in this kind of thinking)!
I will write again soon - until next time!
Bye for now enjoy your craft!
I have been surfing the net to see what’s happening in the world of wood burning and connected wood crafts.
I have found some amazing Pyrography from all corners of the earth! I hadn’t realised that there was such an interest and so many forms of burned wood etching!
It seems Pyrography has many forms including as an embellishment that a wood turner may use to give a personalised finish to a piece of work.
The same applies to wooden furniture makers. Bespoke furniture can be created and a design may be repeated for example on kitchen cupboard doors or perhaps on the wooden furniture in a child’s room, adding a touch of originality to the piece.
Pyrography is surprisingly adaptable and can be used to give a decorative finish to household items which can be themed and coloured to enhance the original item.
If you have a flair for the arts then Pyrography can be used in many imaginative and creative ways including 'Fire Art' for pictures and sculptures. Pyrography also lends itself to a embellishment on wooden or leather jewellery.
This craft can offer you a bottomless reservoir of potential ideas, however, what do you do if you know that you would like to create for instance, a picture on wood but you don’t know what the picture should be?
Or perhaps you have already created many pieces of work and now all your ideas have dried up, this can happen to the best of us.
The first thing I did when this happened to me was to think about ways that I could open up my mind, so that I might become more receptive to experimenting with new forms of Pyrography.
I went down to the library to search out books that may help me to think more laterally. I needed to find books that talked about techniques of ‘lateral thinking’. I wanted to see if I might be able to unblock the stopper and release a new wave of ideas that I could use for my craft.
Research of this kind in a library or on the net may not appeal to everyone but I found some of the ideas quite stimulating and freeing. It is definitely worth the extra effort - why not try reading some of the literature yourself (that is of course if you are not already experienced in this kind of thinking)!
I will write again soon - until next time!
Bye for now enjoy your craft!
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