The Problem Statement

Traditional wood burning is a manual and time-consuming process, and also lacks precision, making this form of art challenging for amateur artists. A higher-risk form of this art, fractal wood burning, is potentially lethal due to risks of electrocution, as people attempt to burn a Lichtenberg figure into wood using high voltage electricity in their homes.

Although it is possible to simply avoid participating in this recent form of pyrography, traditional methods still remain inaccessible to many, due to:

• long hours required for precision and detail
• limited access to well-ventilated spaces
• high costs for experimenting artists

 

Our Solution

In order to create a safer alternative to fractal wood burning, as well as to cater to artists with disabilities looking to explore pyrography, we plan to repurpose a 3D printer to burn customisable designs onto wood pieces to create art.