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Has anyone had experience working with a pyrography pen on leather? I want to draw some shit on my mittens, but struggling on a test pair to get a good burn on lines. Should I just use paint markers over burning them? I saw someone online somehwere doing it, but I don't know if this harbor frieght pen is gonna do it for me. TIA
I don’t know a ton about pyrography, but I don’t think it’s a good idea to do it on gloves because of all the water and cold it’ll be exposed to. Also a harbor freight pen probably won’t work for what you’re tryna do.
Rock_InhabitantI don’t know a ton about pyrography, but I don’t think it’s a good idea to do it on gloves because of all the water and cold it’ll be exposed to. Also a harbor freight pen probably won’t work for what you’re tryna do.
What would water and cold do bro? You think it would get un burnt?
Voyage86What would water and cold do bro? You think it would get un burnt?
Leather is porous, so they treat the leather and put sealant on to keep it from bogging up. If you burn thru that stuff it’ll allow water to get in and it will degrade the leather
I did this to a set of Kinco's mitts in 2020. Took about 16 hours of work with no prior experience, nor ability to draw (covid times).
I started with an anatomical picture of a brain (studied neuroscience in undergrad), a photo of my favorite mountains (Pilot and Index peaks), and a microscope image of astrocytes (brain cells, sorta).
The trick is doing this whole process BEFORE you waterproof the mitts. Before waterproofing them, it's pretty easy to draw on them with pencil or thin sharpie, so I made an rough outline of the design on each glove with a thin sharpie.
Then I traced that outline using a pyrography pen and used different tips depending on the width of the line and if it needed shading.
Then I baked and waterproofed them. Fast forward 3 years and they still look relatively the same, there's some slight smudging from the waterproofing wearing out, but they are still warm and dry.
Here's what they looked like after a couple days on snow! Good luck and happy crafting:)
I thought this was a thread for pyromaniacs to share photographs of fires and stuff burning down and such. This is interesting too though, those mitts look sweet^^^
MountainInMyMindI did this to a set of Kinco's mitts in 2020. Took about 16 hours of work with no prior experience, nor ability to draw (covid times).
I started with an anatomical picture of a brain (studied neuroscience in undergrad), a photo of my favorite mountains (Pilot and Index peaks), and a microscope image of astrocytes (brain cells, sorta).
The trick is doing this whole process BEFORE you waterproof the mitts. Before waterproofing them, it's pretty easy to draw on them with pencil or thin sharpie, so I made an rough outline of the design on each glove with a thin sharpie.
Then I traced that outline using a pyrography pen and used different tips depending on the width of the line and if it needed shading.
Then I baked and waterproofed them. Fast forward 3 years and they still look relatively the same, there's some slight smudging from the waterproofing wearing out, but they are still warm and dry.
Here's what they looked like after a couple days on snow! Good luck and happy crafting:)
Hell yeah dude. Those are fucking sick!! Thanks for the insight
