Wood burning, which goes by pyrography when it’s feeling fancy, has been an art form for centuries. [PapaJ06] puts a new twist on it by using a microwave oven transformer to generate fractal patterns ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." A craft hack for “fractal wood burning” is killing American DIYers. It’s an amateur rig made of a ...

The pre-eminent association for wood turners in the United States has issued a ban on a controversial process for using high-voltage electricity to create designs in wood because the technique has ...

Wisconsin police said two people died while attempting to use a dangerous wood-burning technique that has become popular on social media. On Thursday, the Marathon County Sheriff's Office announced ...

Investigators said that two people who were found dead in a fire in Wisconsin were killed when they were electrocuted while doing an art technique known as “fractal wood burning.” Investigators said ...

A Wisconsin couple was electrocuted attempting a popular, but dangerous wood-burning technique, law enforcement officials said. The "fractal burning" technique creates lightning-like etchings by using ...

“You don't usually associate beautiful works of art with death,” is how the TV news program Inside Edition began its Sept. 2 report on the dangers of fractal burning, also known as Lichtenberg. The ...

TROUT RUN – A Lycoming County man was electrocuted while utilizing a process known as fractal wood burning. Coroner Charles E. Kiessling said a relative found Joseph Sechrist, 43, dead about 6 a.m.