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Walnut Hollow Hotstamps Review

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The purpose of this Walnut Hollow Hotstamps Review is to help you determine whether this product can give you the value for your money.

The set was built for people that love to write with fire.

And it suits a variation of pattern designs, so what you can create with it is solely limited to your imagination.

Like Lower Case and Mini Lower Case Alphabet, the Uppercase Alphabet Personalization set is quite cheap.

So if you are a pyrographer on a tight budget, you can afford to buy this set.

What is Walnut Hollow Hotstamps Uppercase Personalization Set?

Walnut Hollow Hotstamps Personalization is a collection of 26 letters of the Alphabet designed as a package for Pyrography.

With this set, you can brand and/or personalize any surface, including leather, gourds, papers, and pyrography woods.

All the letters are 5/8-inch tall and the width varies by letter.

Because heat is involved in the process when creating your pyrography patterns with this set, it is important to take safety into account.

Never change hot letters with your bare hand; use pliers instead.

According to Walnut Hollow, every single letter in this set can fit any Walnut Hollow tool, including the 28094 Hobby Tool, a 24414 Detailer, and a 5570 Value Woodburner.

Who Created Walnut Hollow Hotstamps?

The Walnut Hollow Hotstamps Set is a product of Walnut Hollow, a corporation that was founded by Dave Ladd and his family in 1972.

When the company started, Dave’s focus was wholly on preserving the environment. It wasn’t until Dave’s wife, Nancy, picked an interest in creating unique woodcraft projects that the family began to focus on art.

Their finished pieces was well received by the Dodgeville community. And that’s when the family decided to take the art and craft concept seriously.

Today, Walnut Hollow doesn’t just concentrate on woodland conservation. The company also produces high quality accessories for craft, art, hobby, and hardware industries.

Who Should Buy the Walnut Hollow Set?

Whether you are a pyrography beginner, an intermediate Woodburner, or a professional artist, you may want to consider this set.

If you are a beginner, this set is an awesome collection that you can use to burn simple letters on different surfaces.

Whether you want to burn your name on a piece of paper or you want to write “I LOVE YOU” on a piece of smooth basswood, this set is a good option.

If you are an intermediate artist, you can use the Walnut Hollow Hotstamps to add some unique letter or word patterns to your existing projects.

Walnut Hollow Hotstamps is also good for professional pyrographers who would like to add uppercase letters or words to various projects.

What Tools Should I Use with Walnut Hollow Hotstamps?

For the best results, use pyrography tools designed by Walnut Hollow. At the time of this writing, only four woodburners work well with the personalization set.

Walnut Hollow Creative Versa Tool

The Creative Versa Tool works well for all the three versions of the Walnut Hollow alphabet Hotstamps.

This tool has a variation of temperature control, so you have full control of the heat when burning your patterns.

Bundled in a well-built heat shield, and covered by a comfort grip, you can use the Creative Versa Tool for long without noticing the heat.

Walnut Hollow Creative Woodburner Value Pen

It is also known as an Introduction Value Pen.

The Creative Woodburner Value Pen is a backup spare and an introductory woodburner for beginners, intermediate, and professional users.

It comes with a user manual with instructions on how to use the tips.

Walnut Hollow Creative Woodburner Detailer

This tool helps you to achieve fine details, high quality definition, and better contrast for every letter in the Walnut Hollow Hotstamps Uppercase Alphabet Set for pyrography.

It is important to use a temperature regulator to get a better operating temperature.

Walnut Hollow Creative Hobby Tool

This was designed for enthusiasts who love to experiment with different pyrography patterns.

According to Walnut Hollow, the Hobby Tool can heat up to 950 degrees F and 520 degrees C.

What’s the Best Surface to Use with Walnut Hollow Hotstamps?

Sometimes Pyrography doesn’t mean writing with fire on wood alone. Sometimes it means writing your patterns on any surface.

Walnut Hollow has designed the Uppercase Hotstamps for a variety of surfaces. You can use woods, papers, leathers, or cards.

Walnut Hollow Set Best Practices

Here are some best practices that can help you get the most out of this personalization set.

  • While it is not necessary to practice before working on your project, it is highly recommended – especially for beginners.
  • Do not bend when screwing a point in and/or out of the tool
  • Pressing a hotstamp too hard on a surface won’t get you the best results. It’s best to let the heat of the woodburner do the work.
  • Always use pliers to unscrew a hot tip
  • Always use fine graphite powder when working with the tips. The powder ensures the tip doesn’t stick in the tool.

Pros

  • Good for a pyrographer on a tight budget
  • The set can fit any Walnut Hollow Tool
  • The letters take a very short time to heat. According to many users, five minutes is usually good enough.
  • Anyone can use this set to create anything he or she likes. It doesn’t matter if you are a beginner, an intermediate woodburner, or an experience pyrographer.
  • The set has all the 26 letters of the alphabet

Cons

  • The set does not include numbers, unfortunately
  • You cannot brand multiple letters at once, so some patterns will take a lot of time to complete

 

Pyrography Workbook: A Complete Guide to the Art of Woodburning Review

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The purpose of this Pyrography Workbook: A Complete Guide to the Art of Woodburning Review is to help you determine whether the product is worth the asking price.

Rated as the best pyrography book so far, and written by a skilled, experienced pyrographer, this guidebook is one of the best ever written for people who are eager to learn how to write with fire.

For beginners, this workbook provides the basics required to kick start your learning journey.

For advanced and experienced burners, this book is intended to help you think through the beauty of wood art and explore the endless possibilities of what you could create.

Note: You can actually preview part of this book by going to amazon and clicking on the cover image here.

Who Wrote this Book?

This book was written by Sue Walters after months of writing with fire. Sue was working in the horticulture industry before she started doing Pyrography.

She developed an interest in the art after receiving a wood burner as a present. Shortly after, she started creating high quality art designs for the tourism industry in her country.

Having shifted focus from farming flowers to dedicating her time to experiment with the beauty and endless possibilities of this art, Walters continues to test different pyrography techniques, and she shares her knowledge with every beginner as well as those who already have advanced skills in the field.

Who should buy this workbook?

If you are a beginner who wants to learn the basics of Pyrography from an experienced author and artist, this book is for you.

If you are an intermediate wood burner who’s looking for some project ideas, this book will walk you through some unique options that you won’t find anywhere else.

And if you are an advanced Pyrographer who is looking for a more challenging project, this book has something for you.

Because Pyrography Workbook: A Complete Guide to the Art of Woodburning is complete, all-rounded, and in-depth, it is worth the asking price.

What Will You Learn from the Book?

1. Equipment

Pyrography Workbook: A Complete Guide to the Art of Woodburning teaches you everything you need to know about wood burning tools.

Sue Walters recommends only the best materials for the project, from the right type of wood to use to the best pyrography pens to buy for the project.

2. Work Area

Knowing the best materials to use for Pyrography is one thing. Getting your work area ready for the project is another one altogether.

This workbook teaches you everything you need to know to create a perfect, safe work environment for the creative art.

3. Safety

You already know by now that pyrography is all about writing with fire. Electrical heat is involved, which means safety precautions are necessary.

In case you are not up to speed yet, safety concerns led to the design of safe pyrography tools, like the Wall Lenk LTR100 Temperature Regulator.

In this book, you will learn the ins and outs of everything safety.

Once you learn how to keep yourself safe when working with tools and woods, you can work on any project without worrying about anything bad happening to you, your equipment, or someone around you when working.

4. Sample Projects

The Pyrography Workbook: A Complete Guide to the Art of Woodburning is a unique book of a kind.

That’s because it doesn’t just teach you how to choose woods and tools for pyrography, but also it provides you with example projects that you can work on.

For beginners looking for project ideas to try, this book provides more than half a dozen options.

What’s more?

Sue Walters provides a step-by-step guide for each sample project, so you can follow the tutorial along to get the most out of this guide. The tutorials make burning with fire fun.

For continuing burners, the sample projects are a good option to add to your existing collection of project ideas.

And for advanced Pyrographers, the sample projects can teach a lesson or two, like applying proper shading and thinking outside the box when choosing woodburning patterns.

5. Color, Patterns and Animal Coating Techniques

Sue Walters has put together unique content on color as it related to pyrography. With 8 pages dedicated on the right way to color when writing with fire, you are going to learn a lot on how to make your project look great to the eyes of the viewer.

The Pyrography Workbook: A Complete Guide to the Art of Woodburning also teaches you about the best patterns that Walters has ever designed in her Pyrography journey.

With more than 15 page dedicated solely to patterns, you are set to learn a lot to improve your artistic skills.

The author also dedicates about 8 pages of the book to animal coating techniques based on personal experience.

What Sample Projects Does Sue Walters Include in the Book?

By my count, Sue Walters take you through four main sample projects in-depth, although she has printed more ideas in the gallery section of the book. The sample projects are as follow:

1. Duck and Bulrushes

This is a project for beginners. Once you have familiarized yourself with equipment, known how to create a suitable work area, and gone through the safety standards of pyrography as an art, feel free to experiment with this beginner’s project.

2. Golden Eagle

Golden Eagle is a suitable project for intermediate wood burners, aka artists who’ve passed the beginner stage and are ready to scale to the next level. Again, Sue Walters walks you through this project, step-by-step without skipping any step.

3. Wolf

This is the most advanced sample project presented in this book. While this one is usually for experienced and advanced Pyrographers, intermediate wood burners can try the project to determine how skilled they’ve become so far.

Pros

  • The book is written by an artist with years of experience in pyrography
  • The workbook is suitable for all levels of pyrography, from beginner to advance
  • You can purchase this workbook separately if you do not have plans to buy the Basic Woodburning Kit

Cons

  • There really are none! Great price, great content, and delivered by a very accomplished artist.