Thursday 29 December 2011

Box for Christmas

I have dabbled with the idea of Pyrography in the past, and we decided this year to include a Pyrographical item in our list of gifts to be given. This was my first attempt at doodling with the Pyrography Iron.
Made a huge mistake when I decided to varnish the box, doing so late at night before wrapping it to go under the tree. I varnished it closed.
Fortunately we tried looking inside the box just before wrapping it. The lid was glued very firmly shut.
Being softwood I could not prise it open, eventually I discovered placing a carving knife the full length of the sealed openning the bonding easily gave way. Phew!