Pyrography Keyrings – 10 Creative And Easy Designs
One of the unique applications of pyrography is creating personalized keyrings. Pyrography keyrings are an excellent way to add a personal touch to an everyday item and make it stand out.
It’s a great way to create an unequaled gift for a friend or loved one or even to start your own small business.
Tips For This Particular Burn Art
Follow these steps-
- If you feel like the wooden piece is too big, size it using a saw.
- Even the edges with sandpaper to get a smooth finish on the circular border.
- Drill a hole near the perimeter, this will be used to attach the hardware.
- Once the design is complete, use a clear sealant to protect the design and the wood from damage which will make it more durable and long-lasting.
Awesome Ideas
Leaf Patterns On Leather
- Expertise level: Intermediate to professional
- Design Type: Leaves and vines
- Required Time: 2-3 hours
- Any type of repeating patterns will be looking good
- Burning on leather needs a special skill as this medium burns faster than wood and at lower temperature.
Flowers
- Expertise level: Beginner to intermediate
- Design Type: Rose, sunflower, marigold, etc.
- Required Time: 20 minutes
- Flower-themed keyrings are excellent gifts for friends as well as personal customization
Landscape
- Expertise level: Intermediate to advanced
- Design Type: Heavy detailing
- Required Time: 20 minutes to 1 hour
- You can add mountains, clouds, some animal silhouettes to make these cute gifts for animal lovers
Bees
- Expertise level: Beginner to intermediate
- Design Type: Outline details and shading of bees
- Required Time: 40 to 50 minutes
- You can use poster colors to paint the bees
More bee patterns on wood can be burnt like in this article.
Laser Burnt Pattern
- Area Of Expertise: Anyone
- Design Type: Japanese or Chinese Alphabet/Motif
- Required Time: 5 minutes
- For a minimalist design, these patterns are great
A Cowboy Hat
- Expertise level: Advanced
- Design Type: Realistic hat with ropes on a fence
- Time required: 5-7 hours
- Required Time: Depends on the image
- These are extremely beautiful things and are very attractive among art collectors
Horse Mouth
- Expertise level: Professional
- Design Type: Realistic shape of horse mouth, nostrils and bridle
- Required Time: 2-3 hours
- Making a realistic art in such a small area is really challenging. I would suggest you to practice a lot for making this kind of woodburns. And horse pattern ideas will help you here.
Feet of a Ballerina
- Expertise level: Advanced
- Design Type: Realistic art while the feet of the ballerina are in en pointe. The negative space is heavily burnt.
- Required Time: 3-4 hours
- It’s a great gift for dancers or culture enthusiasts
- You can also add colors to make the keyrings more exciting
Butterfly
- Area Of Expertise: Beginner to intermediate
- Design Type: Simple butterflies, based on outlines and simple shadings
- Required Time: 20-40 minutes
- You can add more butterflies, or floral patterns around
- Excellent as a birthday present
Here’s a good read on more butterfly patterns for woodburning.
Personalized Ones
- Area Of Expertise: Beginners
- Design Type: Initials of the names of any couple, you can burn the full names as well
- Required Time: 20-50 minutes
- You can add a background or heart shapes along with the names
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Final Words
To sum up, pyrography is a unique and personalized way to decorate a keyring. Additionally, the natural variations in the wood give each keyring a matchless look for a pretty and light art piece.
So, pick a design, and get started on this cute art endeavor!
FAQs
What wood can be used to make keyrings?
Any type of softwood is recommended for this. For example, you can use redwood or cedar.
What woods are the worst for making keychains?
Balsa should be avoided when making wooden keyrings.
