Explainers
The things people actually ask while holding a pendant, written out properly. No invented lore, no mystical claims — just what the wood does and what the marks mean.
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What is pyrography?
5 min
Drawing with heat instead of pigment. No stain, no ink — the colour is the wood cooking.
Elder Futhark rune meanings
8 min
Twenty-four letters from an alphabet in use before the year 800. Here is what the names meant, without invented lore.
Is driftwood good for wood burning?
6 min
Yes — and it will fight you. Here is what to keep off a Lake Erie beach and what to leave where you found it.
How to care for a wood pendant
4 min
Three rules, one of which is 'take it off in the shower'. Then it lasts decades.
Burned or already there? Reading wood grain
5 min
The most common question at the booth. Half the lines on most pieces were there before I plugged anything in.