Maria & Trevor Jones Pyrography Art Exhibition

Maria began Pyrography using a modern set of pyrography pens which can be electronically controlled to precise temperatures giving her a spectrum of tones which allow pale shading to black. All of her work is hand-drawn onto the wood panels. Maria's work ranges from landscapes to portraits, of nature, birds, animals and humans. She adds colour, as was done in the past when ochre and other natural dyes were used. The colours she uses are of water colour and ink pencils and brush, used sparingly, so as to prevent "bleeding" into the wood grain.

Trevor is retired and has a Shed in which he can indulge in a life long hobby of working wood, making boxes, side tables and even a chessboard with drawers for the chess pieces.
He now finds turning very rewarding and satisfying as he watches the wood reveal its beautiful grain patterns and figure evolve. The wood seems to determine how it is to be shaped and almost always a variation of what he thought it could be when he started the piece.

The Gallery is run by a cooperative of local artists located in the old historic bakery building opposite the railway station.