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Wood turning association bans high-voltage Lichtenberg wood burning process after deaths reported.
Since 2016, Bren Timothy has used a process that uses high-voltage electricity called Lichtenberg or fractal wood burning to create art. “I thought it was completely safe,” he said.
“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 ...
Wood burning can be quite a striking art form, but who wants to be stuck using an old-fashioned resistive heating element to char wood?
Walla Walla County Coroner Richard Greenwood says Riggers had been attempting to create a picture frame using a process called fractal Lichtenberg wood burning.
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 ...
A Wisconsin couple’s cause of death was determined to be electrocution from fractal burning, a wood-art technique that has become a social media trend.
Fractal burning creates natural-looking patterns by applying electrical current from a high-voltage source across chemically treated wood items.
Households are being warned about the dangers of wood-burning stoves, including modern eco-design models, as a new study by ...
Lichtenberg wood art involves burning lightning or tree-like figures into wood with high voltage electricity. A preliminary investigation shows McDaniel was electrocuted at his residence sometime ...
Thunder Bay Fire Rescue is warning people against fractal wood burning after a city resident was killed on the weekend. Fractal wood burning, also known as Lichtenberg, is a process that involves ...
Walla Walla County Coroner Richard Greenwood said Riggers had been attempting to create a picture frame using a process called fractal Lichtenberg wood burning.