Julie Bender is an American artist currently working out of Loveland, Colorado. From a young age, Bender was interested in drawing and painting animals and nature scenes. When her beloved dog Vizsla passed away in 2002, Bender bought a hobby wood burning kit and created a wood burned portrait of her dog on a cherry wood urn. And so it was that Julie Bender’s love for the art of pyrography was born.<\/p>\n
Pyrography is also known as wood burning. Both names describe the process of marking a piece of wood with decorative burns. Holding a hot wood burning tool to the wood for a short while creates a shallow mark, whereas pressing the hot iron to the tool for an extended period of time creates a deep impression. The heat of the tool can change the color of the burn marks in the wood; cooler temperatures leave a light, roasted color on the wood, while a fiercer heat can scorch the wood, leaving behind black marks.<\/p>\n
Combining her love for animals and her passion for wood burning, Julie Bender creates masterful animal portraits on the organic canvas of wood.<\/p>\n
Visit\u00a0Julie Bender’s online art gallery<\/a>\u00a0for more photorealistic wood burning art works.<\/p>\n