Yeah sure. Let me just catch a flight to Botswana real quick, then take a 5 hour bus ride into the middle of the kalahari desert and search for days on end before i happen to stumble upon an authentic Khoisan village 🙄 think about what you say before you say it.
@@jackvisserphotography oh, I'm not in Botswana to see Khoisans daily, I happen to be in South Africa. So, I didn't even think it would be harder to find 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ but, speaking as a khoisans girly myself, it would he nice to too see my people represented as ourselves, seeing as Bantus are doing an excellent job at erasing us. It would be nice to see us for a chance. Btw
I live I Scotland. This was also shot in Scotland. Not many Khoi up here. This girl is actually part Khoi too. I wasn't really going for a khoisan style shoot but when I released the photos, it's all people said. Is that it reminds them of Khoi. So when I posted the video I just put that as the title. I was just creating a vibe init. Wasn't really going for anything specific.
@@jackvisserphotography it's a beautiful shot at the end of the day. I love it ❤❤❤ Sorry for nitpicking a bit. Like i said, Bantus and whites are equally responsible for our genocide but Bantus a bit more, cos now they're erasing us as a whole.
36° that is cold why don’t you try living here in Texas it has been over 100° it only cool down in the winter time that is when it will drop down to 20° sometimes even even colder it has been -2° here before 36° it is not hot when it is over 100° that is hot
Great work, question, if I get a picture of a bowl of fruit and place it on a piece of plywood, how can I preserve the picture so I can place it outside on a wall. Thanks.
Hi Jack , can you tell me what " Tip " & size of it goes into the end of your rotary hand tool please ? Hmmm disappointed.A months gone by & no Answer . Thanks .☹☹
I am so excited you posted this to RU-vid!! We know you mainly for wood burning but any kind of video will do... haha I hope this is a welcome back into this platform 🥰
I got my first 2 pyrography projects up on my channel. Where do I source some wood like that? I am using birch plywood I realize now that it is a paper thin layer of birch on one side very irritating.
I do mine by just placing carbon copy paper underneath mine and just draw the picture and it transfers over to the wood. I guess it's kinda like this but I get way more detail. It just works better for me my way!
I do the same but the one downside is you need to use sandpaper to remove if you want as it won't erase. I'm just starting but may try graphite sticks so I can erase. I may have 100 carbon sheets available if you need any. 🙂
We didn't come to this page to hear your bitching and complaining about the weather mate, we came here to learn something about carving or drawing on wood, so take a shower or put some dry ice in your trousers and lets move to the project... I'm watching this video from the South Pole's Murdock station and it's 83 degrees below zero but you don't hear me complaining, do you...? No, so shut up and draw.
HOLA JACK, SOY DE ARGENTINA, ES HERMOSO LO QUE HACES, NO PUEDES HACER SUBTITULOS? POR FAVOR NO QUIERO PERDER LO QUE DICES. TENGO TU PIROGRAVADOR IGUAL Y ME GUSTARIA HACER ESE LEON . NO HACES RETRATOS SUBREALISTAS? GRACIAS .POR FAVOR ESPERO TU RESPUESTA ,GRACIAS.
This is what I've done.... but pro tip... find graphite sticks. They're like charcoal sticks for artists but just graphite. SOOOO much easier (and if you don't want to get it on your hand, wrap some paper around it and hold it with tape. Also use tape to hold the paper on the wood so it doesn't move. 👍🏼
I have been burning for 2 years but this video has opened my eyes to new equipment and your techniques. Can't wait to try out your dremmel burner and drilling technique plus tea strainer and plasticoate Matt finish. Thank you so much Jack
Hello pal. I love you enthusiasm and passion for you work. I'm just starting out as a 58 yr old trying to find a "clos" (glega term) for my creative side which has been stifled for toooo long. Thanks
Yeah carbon paper can be used. But it's more a tutorial for beginners who can use things they might have laying around the house. I might actually give carbon paper a try tho.
1) That little tea strainer WILL cause damage to your tips. Tiny micro scratches that you might not see right away, but they will add up over time. If your tips are polished, you will notice the scratches a tea strainer will put into them. Probably won't see any difference on a stamped out Chinese made brass tip. HINT: Polish the working surfaces to a mirror finish, get it hot to get a patina on it, and then see how nice it works (smooth). 2) One tip can NOT do everything. You can't shade with a knife/skew tip, just as you can't print letters with a shading tip... Yes, NEVER take a hot tip off of a soldering iron type of burner, it will strip the threads and ruin it. Wait for it to cool down. Otherwise, get a wire tip burner with fixed tips to begin with, and stop fooling around with the amateur hour tools. 3) Yep, grayscale or duo-tone is even better. 4) Yep, crap wood is much harder to work on. The sap in pine is even acidic, so it will eat your metal tips. Basically you want a wood where the hard grain is not much harder than the soft grain. So Oak, pine, elm, or just knotty wood in general are off of the menu. 5) Or use the "adjust values" to fix it in photoshop. !!!PRO TIP ALERT!!! This works best if you have soldering iron type burner that has a variable control box... Wrap some aluminum foil around the heating element (about 3 layers), and then use a piece of steel wire (like from a bread tie) to hold it in place. The aluminum foil will act as a thermal insulator, because its emissivity is very low (means that it does not absorb or emit infrared radiation very will), so each layer will transmit less & less heat to the next layer. This will also tend to cut down on the convection that normally goes on too (your hand should stay much cooler after this tweak). Now this will make your tool heat up much faster, AND get much hotter with the same amount of power being used. You DO NOT want to run your soldering iron type burner at full output in this configuration, as you are likely to burn out the heating element then. Hence the reason it is best if you have variable control (basically a light dimmer), so that you can turn it down a little bit.
Thanks for your additional advice. I posted this video a long time ago and have since discovered a lot more to the craft. However I disagree that one tip can't do everything. I've used the same knife tip since I began and can do pretty much anything with it including shading. I agree about the tea strainer now tho. I now use a scrap piece of glass paper while I'm burning to get excess carbon off the tip.
@@jackvisserphotography What is "glass paper"? I'm guessing that's some sort of fine sandpaper like stuff? Try polishing your tips to a mirror finish, get a patina on them, and then see how nice they work. You'll also notice that they don't carbon up as easily then too (less surface area to stick to). I can use a hammer to put a screw in, or even take one out, but a screwdriver works so much better.
@@BobSmith-br8om basically yeah. I think I might be mixing up the name. Just Googled it. The stuff I use is called emery paper. Very very very fine grit
@@jackvisserphotography Okay, yeah "glass paper" is basically "sand paper". Emery paper/cloth, is just "sandpaper" by another name, which you might be able to find it up to 3000 grit. Aluminum oxide polishing compound starts at something like 12,000 grit, and just gets finer from there. I'm used to wire tipped pens, which work much better with a polished tip surface, as the carbon doesn't hardly want to stick then. They also heat up (and cool down) much quicker, and the end of the tips are a lot closer to your fingertips (easier to use, as you have way more control).
