Non Pony art Home made clock

[ponygirl74]

I made a pyrography clock in honer of my father who served in 'Nam as a US Marine. it took me 9-10 hours (total over 2 days) to burn. I didn't use stencils or trace everything was free hand drawn including the lettering around the rim of the wood plate that I turned into a clock.  It took an hour and 45 minutes to space the letters so they could fit, it's a big challenge to space  letters on a circular surface much more so then a straight line, hence why it doesn't stay within the boundaries around the center and float off a bit. I was more concerned fitting it all in them aliment, It I traced over a emblem then used transfer paper to get it all correct it would of worked better but I wanted to try to do it myself before I did it.  My father had passed away so I did this as a reminder to his memory and to all who serve the USA. So here it is:

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so what does everyone think?

[Griffin]

That is so neat! I've always found pyrography intriguing but never tried it myself, it must be hard! I really like the rope design on the rim and how the lettering pops against the rich tones of the burnt background. You did an amazing job on the anchor, too!

[amazonarabian]

How beautiful!  Is this your first clock, or have you done this before?  What a wonderful idea!

[hathorcat]

Gosh! To do all that free hand and of course with this technique the first time around? Lovely and what a gorgeous memory

[ponygirl74]

How beautiful!  Is this your first clock, or have you done this before?  What a wonderful idea!

First clock , I've done smaller burns before but nothing like this.

Gosh! To do all that free hand and of course with this technique the first time around? Lovely and what a gorgeous memory

Thanks, I've done some smaller pieces, nothing like this clock before, The first time I tried wood burning was in 1997 I wasn't good at it, I did some oil pencils for wood on wood but I can't find them in stores, or even online, so I decided to give the technique another go, I used a craft wood tool for this, I would love to get a pro set and see what I can do with it.     

[ZennaBug]

That's fantastic.  We don't see a lot of wood burning in here.    You did a fantastic job.