Decorating Gourds: Carving, Burning, Painting, and More by Sue Waters     (More Details)
Discover the wonderful art of gourd carving and produce gourd-geous results in a minimal time! Gourds grow in all shapes and sizes, and no two are alike. This book shows you how to prepare a gourd for decoration, and then lets your creativity soar! Step-by-step photos and text demonstrate several techniques you could use, including carving, woodburning, painting, staining, stenciling, and pine needle weaving. The projects covered here include vessels, a hanging potpourri, and an adorable Santa Claus. Patterns are included to get you started, and a color photo gallery displays finished projects.

Great Book of Woodburning: Pyrography Techniques, Patterns and Projects for all Skill Levels by Lora S. Irish     (More Details)
Great Book of Woodburning: Pyrography Techniques, Patterns and Projects for all Skill Levels by Lora S. Irish. Nationally-known artist, Lora Irish, reveals her secrets in this complete woodburning resource. Beginner and advanced pyrographers alike benefit from the 30 original traceable line patterns and the clear step-by-step instructions. An inspiring full-color gallery illustrates the beauty of her finished projects.

Woodburning Quilt Patterns by Cheryl Dow     (More Details)
This book is for more advanced pyrographers, that have had more experience and/or have gone through at least one of her first two books. The instructions in this newest book are very similar to her previous books, but she does add a few more pages, and introduces two more pen tips that she has found very useful (the new #9m Micro writing tip, and the versatile new "Dagger Shader"). The patterns in this book (a whooping 51 of them) are a bit smaller than in previous books (two per page), as the inspiration for this book came from the IAPA pyrography listserver quilt project. Also, none of the patterns in this book contain "flow line" patterns (only a finished, and an outline pattern), as this book is meant for more advanced pyrographers. Here are the patterns, as they appear in the book. Each pattern takes up half a page, except the owl at the very end. Pattern names with an "*" in front of them, are shown here on the cover. Peek-a-boo Coon, Mama Coon (carrying baby), Flying Heron, Standing Heron, Baby Swan, Hungry baby Bird, *Treed Chippie, Post Chippie, Bullfrog, Frog and Butterfly, *Golden Eagle head, Flying Eagle, Cardinal, Nesting Robin, *Fox head, Fox and Rabbit, Skunk & Flowers, Hounds (lying), Running Doe, Doe Eyed Fawn, Canada Goose Family, Merganser, Horse head, Mare & Colt, Iris Bloom, Poppy, Butterfly, Another Butterfly, Hummingbirds, Peony Singer, Zebras, Ali (My Macaw), Lynx Head, Cougar Head, Seagull, Lighthouse, Barm & Pump, Sailing Ship, Eagle, Owl on Oak Branch, Cougar Family, Resting Moose, *Baby Bear, Mama Bear, a Tiger face, and finally a Lion face (whew). Oh, and there's an extra one on the last page that is not listed in the index, which is beautiful pattern of an Owl on a branch looking downwards (takes up whole the page).

Woodburning with Cheryl Dow - Book 2     (More Details)
An award winning artist and teacher, Cheryl Dow has just released her latest book on flat work wildlife pyrography techniques.