The Artist
Sun XiCai, the member of Shandong Folk Literature and Art Association
and the member of Shandong Arts and Crafts Association, was born in 1977 Shandong
Pingdu China. He particularly liked painting from childhood and became a professionally
qualified graphic designer. Five years ago, he started working on pyrography and
spent time developing the technique and personal style, he now successfully sells
his works both locally and internationally. Sun XiCai also gives lessons in pyrography
skills, techniques and demonstrates at craft shows.
His works won numerous national and industry awards, such as the "Fifth China Folk
Craft Fair" Silver, "The Second Tianjin Folk Art Exhibition" Best New Artist Award,
etc.
Here you can buy his finished works and order a personalised gift designed to your
own requirements.
About Pyrograph
Xinhua News Agency reported
Pyrography is the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting
from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker. It is also known
as pokerwork or wood burning.
Pyrography means "writing with fire" and is the traditional art of using a heated
tip or wire to burn or scorch designs onto natural materials such as wood or leather.
Burning can be done by means of a modern solid-point tool (similar to a soldering
iron) or hot wire tool, or a more basic method using a metal implement heated in
a fire, or even sunlight concentrated with a magnifying lens.
Pyrography is also popular among gourd crafters and artists, where designs are burned
onto the exterior of a dried hard-shell gourd, usually with dramatic results.