DanniDixonStudio

I grew up in Cornwall and originally studied illustration. I then had a career change and studies horticulture and am now a Head gardener on an estate in Cornwall.
I still continued with my art practice and whilst trying to make permanent plant labels for the garden I discovered pyrography and burnt the plant names into wooden labels.
So I changed from working in oils and went on to use pyrography as a way of producing art work. I use a tool that passes electricity through a wire nib which I use to create marks and lines into the wood. The wood I use come from the estate I work on, and is lime wood.
I use this wood as it has a nice grain and is pale in colour allowing the marks to stand out better.
Each piece takes an really long time as I really like to make each piece as detailed as possible hence a lot taking over 60 hours.
My subject matter tends to be animals as I feel I have quite a connection with them and enjoy trying to capture there emotions and soul