9 Simple and Classy Ideas for Pyrography on Fabric To Try Now
Pyrography on fabric is a great way to explore your creative ideas. It looks better on pillow covers, shower curtains, tote bags, and cushion covers. You can also make dresses with fabrics having pyrography arts.
In this article, you’ll find some fascinating pyrography designs on this material.
11 Interesting Pyrography Patterns to Try Today
Insects On Canvas
- Difficulty Level: Expert
- Design Type: Simple and Basic Insects Patterns
- Time Taken: 6 hours
- Perfect birthday gifts for friends and family
Floral Patterns
- Difficulty Level: Expert
- Design Type: Intricate, need good skillset, or else, you will ruin the chair itself.
- Time Taken: 2 hours
- Use of thick canvas/ cotton poplin/twill
Elephant
- Difficulty Level: Advanced
- Design Type: Light Shading
- Time Taken: 1.5 hours
- Perfect for Cotton-poplin tote bags or t-shirts
Nature/Trees/ Mountain
- Difficulty Level: Intermediate
- Design Type: Layered shading techniques
- Time Taken: 2.5 hours
- Looks incredible on the pillow cover and tote bags.
Abstract Forms
- Difficulty Level: Beginner to Medium
- Design Type: Dark filling with outlines
- Time Taken: 1.5 hours
- Suitable for extensive surface shading
Dragonfly Patterns
- Difficulty Level: Expert
- Design Type: Realistic
- Time Taken: 10 hours for each one
- Used as a shower curtain and cushion covers
Leaf Pattern
- Difficulty Level: Advanced to Expert
- Design Type: Light shading with short hair outlines
- Time Taken: 3 hours
- Use of cotton materials
Cats
- Difficulty Level: Expert
- Design Type: Layered realistic shading
- Time Taken: 6 hours
- Best gift for cat lovers
Owl
- Difficulty Level: Beginners
- Design Type: Light Shading
- Time Taken: 5 hours
- Suitable for tote bags and cushions
Difficulties of Fabric Pyrography You Must Remember
Fabric is one of the challenging mediums for pyrography. Let’s dive into the challenges –
- Not all of them are good for pyrography. It’s hard to use heat gun. However, it might damage the whole fabric. In that case, you should choose twill, canvas or denim made of cotton. Never attempt on anything made of polyester or nylon. Polyester and nylon are made of plastic/PVC materials having low melting point.
- The heating gun can burn the whole work piece, if it is too hot to handle. So, you have to be gentle with the material.
- Working on uneven surfaces can mess up your design. To avoid this, you need to keep the material flat to improve the designs.
Can you use a pyrography burner on the fabric?
Yes. You can use the burner on cotton poplin, canvas, cotton, denim, but polyesters are risky. Polyesters gets burnt/destroyed easily as these are made of plastics. Polyesters/nylons are not recommended to try. Overall, you have to be extra careful while burning.
Should you wear a protective mask during fabric pyrography?
Yes. You should because burning this material might generate toxic fumes.
Conclusion
So these are the most interesting patterns and the challenges you will face while doing burning on this material. Nevertheless, you can try for easy pyrography designs. If you are a beginner, choose easy designs like simple outlining with light shades. Experts can work on dark shading and detailed outlines.
Pick your favorite design and try it right away. All the best.
Additional Resources
- You have a good read here for pyrography art on canvas particularly.
- A short video on burn art on fabric.
- Insect woodburn ideas
- Pyrography art on felt fabric hats
- A very exciting demonstration of torch paste burning art on denim (given below).
