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 ...

A Wisconsin couple was electrocuted attempting a popular but dangerous wood-burning technique, law enforcement officials said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

“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 ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? What you end up with is essentially a homemade Lichtenberg machine, an apparatus used ...