Pyrography Template- for Perfect Pyrography Designs

Generally, an image printed on paper to use for drawing on the wood piece prior to burning is a pyrography template. These can contain anything from the simplest pattern to human or animal portraits. You can now purchase various templates online for wood burning, or make your design and print it yourself.

When it comes to wood burning, many people choose to use pre-printed templates for transferring the design, pattern, or portraits. It makes the entire process easier, and the result turns out perfect and more eye-catching. But as a newbie, it is not unusual to know how a template works and how you can find or design such patterns.

In this article, you will learn where you find such wood burning templates and how to transfer the designs to wood. So I urge you to dive in to make your wood burning projects more efficient.

Pyrography Template Examples

So what can you print or draw to burn on wood to create your pyrography work? Honestly, the list will be endless, and you can spend a lifetime going through it. So I will just leave with some of the popular template types that you can use to print or purchase for your wood burning projects.

Stencils

A beginner should look for stencils in the stores around.
These are reusable grooved/punched metals for making shapes.
Very likeable and worthy of spending the bucks behind stencils. And the designs are limitless here.

You can read this article on wood burning stencils.

Mandala

Mandalas do fall into the pattern and design category.
However, in these artworks, Mandalas have a different kind of popularity since the symbol is related to ancient times and regarded as something “heavenly”.
On top of that, unlike regular designs or patterns, you must draw the design following certain rules.

Clocks/Compass/Maps

Other popular woodburning templates are the clock and compass.
Yes, I am talking about real ones.
You can also make dummy models if you want.
Moreover, you can use a map pattern and use it to check places that you travel from your bucket list.

Animals/Pets

What do you want to create on your pyrography piece? A bird? A lion? An owl? Well, whatever you want can be a wood burn template as long as you have the right tools and materials to turn it into one.

Birds and animals have been one of the most popular subjects of wood burning since ancient times.
In fact, one of the oldest pyrography artworks also contains hummingbirds.
And if not any other animal, you can use your pet’s photo or drawing as a template.

Fictional/Mythical Character

Let Gandalf – The Grey scream, “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!” at anyone who enters your home uninvited.
Or, wouldn’t it be great if the enormous plus sized lady from Harry Potter asked for a password every time someone tried to enter your home?
Or, maybe you can hand the head of pyrographed Medusa on your bedroom door to keep people at bay.
Well, they cannot talk or kill people for real, but using such prototypes to create a pyrography sign and hanging it by your front door would certainly be fun. You can also use any fictional or mythical character’s photo or drawing as your template.

Movie Poster/Scene

Yes, movie posters or certain scene recreation through pyrography are also popular.
Such wood burn pieces are also popular commercially. So whether you want to sell it or make it for your own, you can use a movie poster or scene as your drawing template.
But I suggest going with something simpler. Otherwise, transferring the template image and burning it will become a complex task.
Pyrography of Japanese animation film characters (anime) into wood are super exciting, specially, for the teen agers.

Portrait

Pyrography portraits are as popular as anything else.
Now, for your template, you can create any portrait from your imagination or pick someone from real life.
It could be a famous person or a family member. Or, it can be a family portrait. It is up to you to pick whose portrait it will be.

Quotes/Humor/Greetings

It is never too early or too late to crack a joke.
You can create or get a template with your favorite quote or random scribble and do pyrography.
You can also use various greeting templates to hang them on your front door or by the porch.

Skull

Skull pattern is very popular among pyrographers.
It creates a strong and bold look and gives a retro look.

Christmas Gift

These are beautiful piece of Christmas gifts but having a low budget.
These are very cute and adorable piece of wood cross sections and are mind blowing irrespective of the age of the person you like to gift.

A lot of templates on Christmas wood burns are discussed here.

Floral Designs

Floral patterns and templates are the most popular themes for pyrography.
Cool and eye soothing designs are burnt on any wood surface. Everyone likes these.
Other than the ones I have mentioned so far, you can choose ones containing nature, flowers, trees, famous paintings, books or nerd stuff, holiday-themed templates for Christmas decoration, etc.

You can have a host of ideas of floral patterns to be made into templates in this article.

Random Patterns/Shapes/Design

If you are into artwork, let your inner designer rule and create anything you want.
With your imagination set free, you can come up with anything that you think will look beautiful on the wood piece you have to work on.
You can either use a simple outline pattern or design and add shading and depth as you wish.

Where To Find These?

If you are new to pyrography and struggling with creating designs or the simplest patterns, the best thing for you to do is to follow the following ways.

Print Your One

For DIY enthusiasts, there is no better alternative than making your own templates. You can find hundreds if not thousands of patterns and designs on the internet suitable for wood burning projects.

All you have to do is to download and print them. And if you don’t like the ones available, you can just create your own design and patterns and print them.

Here is a video to help you learn how to set up and print these at home.

Buy Them Online

Since pyrography is now a popular art form, you can expect all required kits to be more accessible. And the same goes for templates that you can purchase online.

These are ready templates containing designs, patterns, letterings, portraits, sceneries, etc. You can find these on Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Aliexpress, etc.

Books On Prototypes

That’s right! There are actually books on pyrography designs and patterns to help newbies learn wood burning art in the best possible ways. These books contain everything from pyrography history, what you need for wood burning, and how you can do it.

And as part of that, the books come with various simple to complex templates. You can use these templates to do your pyrography projects very easily.

Final Words

Using a burn template does not mean you are not good at designing or creating patterns freely. But it can help you add more perfection to the artwork.

Besides, it is one of the best ways to do pyrography effortlessly. So no matter what your purpose is, using templates for wood burning can be a great way to ensure the result turns out eye-catching.

Pyrography Template- for Perfect Pyrography Designs