Pyrographers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An artist who creates designs on surfaces using heat to burn the material, usually wood or leather
2. A craftsman specializing in the technique of decorating objects by carbonizing the surface with a heated tool
3. An individual skilled in the art of creating intricate patterns by burning designs into various materials, primarily wood and leather

Etymology: "Pyrographers" is simply the plural of "pyrographer," a person who practises pyrography, the art of decorating wood, leather or other surfaces by burning designs into them with a heated tool. The word is built from two Greek elements: "pyr," meaning fire, and "graphein," meaning to write or draw, so a pyrographer is literally a fire-writer.

Synonyms: woodburners, artists