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[Idomeneas]

Hairete!
I dont know if i mentioned it before, but beside my work (graphic design) I always enjoyed creative hobbies. One of those, is pyrography. Pyrography as its name says, means ''writing-drawing with fire''. Its a burning technique where you draw on surfaces (usually wood, leather, paper but other also) by applying heat. The more heat the darker the tone. The result is similar to a tatoo. Also its permament and you cannot erase once something goes wrong.
Usually i do this on music instruments (guitars, basses etc). The kind of wood also affects the precedure (easy or hard) and offcourse the result. The more consistent and fine the wood, the smoother and better the image in the end. This time, my dad asked me if i could make a pyrography on a door for a small storage space under the wooden stairs, of our country side house. The surface measures 2mX60cm. And the material is hard plywood. He asked for an ancient greek theme and i thought, what better from an archaic hoplite ''guarding'' the door. The problem was the size. I never made a pyrography that big. The pyrographer(the burning tool) itself its made for small designs and has small edges. The second problem was the wood, as plywood isnt the best thing you can work on. That resulted to a tedius task worked over a month period in daily basis.

I tried to do my best given the material. I took certain artistic liberties on the hoplite armament, so please dont eat me alive for aiming for coolness more than accuracy. Also i made a mistake by accident. I forgot the sauroter. I drew the spear lines and then realised that got carried away. Too bad, cause pyrography forgives not mistakes. No Ctrl+Z here.
he pictures i post are not the best i know and the surface isnt varnished yet (something that will add to it alot, especially the contrast), but its a good taste. Once its all done i ll post some more, if you want me to.

Its the hardest one i ever done, after a cheap guitar of a friend that still had traces of primer on it. Those fumes... i really saw the colors then :mrgreen: ...