Pyrography is an inexpensive and fun art that can really spice up your DIY projects. You just need a pyrography pen, clean piece of wood, and your imagination, to create one-of-a-kind items.

Learn how to engrave wood with burning to create a wood-burned cutting board that’ll make a striking and memorable keepsake. Wood-burned cutting boards make original, functional, and beautiful gifts.

But pyrography was something coined during the 19th century in England. They used a hot poker and then burnt the designs into the wood. APPRAISER: By about 1890 in America, the interest was just ...