Merry Christmas

Merry Holiday Wishes to All

As the Season of Christmas soon approaches to the special day, we find ourselves all in a flutter of activity.
No worries though as the season comes and goes and the Holiday Spirit is really best enjoyed with Family and the simple spirit of the Holiday with the worries tucked safely in their worry beds.
Forget the relished traditions as a staple to the enjoyment meter, in a strange time things may not seem to be going exactly to plan and the beauty of the Holiday is to just enjoy the Holiday.
The Knothole Gift shop has pleasantly filled all Christmas orders before the deadlines and will be closed until after the Holidays have passed. We would like to extend our Holiday wishes to those and hope that all enjoy the Holidays with Loving family either those given or the families that have found us, it is simply a time of year to rejoice in all that we have.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS
The Knothole Gift Shop Family

Cyber Monday - 50% off Christmas Orders

Cyber Monday, a little relief to all who hate the craze of Black Friday, although I admit I was a newbie this Friday and had a blast. Okay it was just Wal-Mart, and we started at 10pm on Thursday, but baby steps. The fun was quite refreshing and now we are feeling the Christmas Spirit.

In Celebration of Cyber Monnday The Knothole Gift Shop is Offering 50% off All Products on the Site!! 

Wonderful gifts such as the Memory Box pictured at right make wonderful Christmas Gifts. Memory Boxes with pyrographic portraits of someone dearly loved and/or missed make wonderful memorable gifts that are purely unique. Give friends and family a reason to smile this Christmas as well as touching their hearts with a purely memorable gift.

With 50% savings on all products available for one day only this Cyber Monday will make finding that special one of a kind gift easy and affordable. Memory Boxes come in a few different styles, specific to the customers request.

View some of our boxes below and other items are available to view in the Gallery and for sale in the Gift Shop that are ready to ship today.

 This Memory Box I like to call "Gone Fishin". It is a wonderful Wood Memory Box piece that is made from Basswood and was designed with the Portrain in full tru color. The Out and inside has been stained with a deep walnut and a felt lining to pad the inside was added. You can design your plaque in any fashion and make it truly a personal gift from the heart.

This Memory Box of Alex was made of a Pinewood Box, small. It has two compartments inside with black felt lining. This piece measures approximately 8" x 6" and was not stained but finished with a clear satin gloss to maintain the wood and stop yellowing. This was a wonderful gift for Grandma and a nice trinket box to place memorable items.

You can also use the Cigar Style Memory Box to create fetish designs or turn your loved one into a fairie, gnome, dragon....take your pic!! This box was created from a favorite deck of Tarot Cards, Several styles were made from different cards in the deck as a wonderful gift for my Sister, who loves Tarot Cards and Fairies!!
The Box was finished with an orange dusty wash, then cleared with a satin gloss. Full color in the picture and sparkling felt lining the inside make this gift truly magickal.

Visit The Knothole Gift Shop to take advantsge of the wonderful gift items such as cool Christmas Ornaments to Portrait Plaques and Boxes to create a wonderful list of gift giving items for friends and family. And Enjoy 50% off on Cyber Monday!!

Cyber Monday Deals will begin at 12am and end the follwing 12am - 24 hours of pure savings!!

And don't forget that all orders requested before Decmeber 1st receive free shipping!!

Deer Trophy Wood Plaque

A Deer Trophy Wood Plaque from the Knothole Gift Shop is a wonderful way to showcase your hunting triumphs. Not only is this plaque a wonderful addition to the hunters trophy case or mantle but also makes a wonderful gift. Surprise the hunter in your life with a unique deer trophy for Christmas.

The plaque pictured is a basswood country round plaque and the image of the deer hunter with his trophy buck is made using the art of pyrography. This plaque is 16" x 10" and 1/2" in thickness. The bark is intact and the piece is slightly colored using a pencil technique. A clear coat finish is added to maintain the integrity of the piece and to keep the bark intact. The finish provides a satin smooth finish with a slight glaze.

Each deer trophy plaque is made to specifications of the customer and can vary in size. The plaque can be made with only natural wood sepia tones using the art of pyrography. Pyrography art uses a tool that burns the wood and each piece of wood burns in its own unique fashion. It can be lightly colored with tones as the one pictured or painted giving a photograph on wood effect.

Portraits on wood make wonderful gifts. The deer hunters of the season have several options for showcasing trophies and this plaque is a one of a kind and unique. What a wonderful Christmas gift idea to surprise the hunter in your life or to treat yourself. You can visit The Knothole Gift Shop for ideas and to purchase wonderful country style gifts such as the portrait on wood plaque pictured.

If you order before December 1st your Deer Trophy on Wood will Ship for free!

Harley Davidson Christmas Ornaments on Wood

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Harley Davidson Christmas Ornaments made of wood, burned and hand painted by our artist are sure to make wonderful gifts and treats for the Holidays.
The KnotholeGift Shop is churning up the Christmas spirit and several wooden star Christmas ornaments are available.....New designs submitted daily.
These Christmas ornaments on wood, are designed by the artist, original designs using some of Americas favorite cultural fetishes. These one of a kind ornaments can't be found anywhere else!!
Using pyrogrpahy, the ornaments are burned then painted in whimsical Christmas fashion. You can change and alter the color themes to best suit your custom order of wonderful wood Christmas ornaments that offer a flair of nostalgia and a homemade feel to your Christmas and Holiday Decorations. These also make wonderful Gifts and Holiday treats as stocking stuffers. You can purchase one, or as 6 and 12 packs, of one or mix and match from the selection available, includig John Deere Christmas Ornaments to Teddy bears and Woodland Themes.

Don't forget all order placed before December 1st receive free shipping!!

Portraits on Wood - wood burning art, pyrography

Portraits on wood, gives us special gifts for friends and family using wood burning art.

  The love of pyrography is a fun and exciting art, something like painting with fire. Although we have modernized our techniques significantly, it still brings a bit of power to ones center when creating, using a natural element. Not only is it fun but very rewarding. When making portraits on wood it seems as an artist that I become one with the piece. I have done several portrait pieces, some even in duplicate, and each piece is rewarding as you study your subject and bring their image to life from a piece of wood using fire and heat.
  It takes an amazing amount of patience to burn your image, unlike drawing or painting where you are transferring your medium directly, in wood burning art, you are drawing the image out of the wood it seems. As you burn the surface, darkening the wood, the wood gives - through grain and texture to produce a beautiful portrait on wood. Even when duplicating a piece which I love to do, each piece is very different and as unique as the wood itself. When using the technique of pyrography you are applying heat, and as the wood burns you move along slowly creating lines, shadows and textures. You can use different tips, and heat ranges to adjust to the differences in wood to create your piece. This can be time consuming, depending on the types of wood and tools used to achieve the desired effects..
  Portraits on wood offer a special challenge as well, it can seem that you are not only duplicating a persons image but you also want to capture their personality. Shadow and texture building in wood burning art  is key to building that image and creating the personality behind the image. Adding background effects can enhance an image as well as add a bit to the piece and the portraits uniqueness.
  Gifts made from wood burning art, can be very special, and enhance a design or home decor style. They can be rugged in style, made from found wood, or processed wood. The bark can be intact for a natural effect, or you can use pieces that have been rounded, squared and smoothed and varying in shape and size. Many like a stained frame on wood surfaces, as well as the bark frame.
  I have done several portraits of families, children, grandchildren, parents, pets, people on motorcycles, deer hunter portraits with their kills and even portraits of those who have passed on. In each one, these portraits on wood, were special and unique to those who had commissioned my work, and those receiving the items as gifts. I have seen my portraits bring tears and smiles to those who have chosen to honor my skill and work.
I would like to thank all my customers who have brought me such joy in being a part of their families and have let me honor them with my gifts as well. If you are shopping for portraits on wood, using wood burning art, please visit my website, or shoot me an email, and lets create some wonderful gifts.
  Visit my Pyrography Gallery for gift ideas.

Geronimo, Pyrography on Wood

Native American Art, and pyrography on wood can be a beautiful combination. The Knothole is featuring its first in a series of 4, of Great American Indian Chiefs. Highlighting the Native American Era, and its rich history is Geronimo, the first in the artists Great Chiefs Series. Geronimo is featured on a basswood plaque with bark. Using the art of pyrography the famous image of Geronimo kneeling with rifle in 1887 is burned into the wooden plaque.

A serene portrait of an American legend and great warrior, Geronimo was a leader of the Chiricahua Apache Indian tribe in times of war against the white settlers and against Mexico, fiercely protecting his people and land. He was known among the white settlers as "The worst Indian who ever lived", because of his ruthlessness in battle and the ability to escape each capture. One of his more famous escapes is known today and you can visit Geronimo's Cave in New Mexico where his magickal escape occurred.

This basswood plaque is approximately 8" x 9" inches and is finished with the bark intact. An acrylic clear is used to fix the surface of the pyrogrpahy wood art, and secures bark to keep from flaking. The clear is a satin smooth finish, and highlights the pyrographic detail of the piece with a low gloss appearance.

This piece is available at Ebay now and can be purchased Direct from Artist. Follow this link Geronimo on Ebay to purchase this wooden treasure today.

Many more items are available including custom wood portraits at the Knothole Gift Shop. Custom portraits are burned into a variety of wood plaques of your choice. Portraits can include family, friends, animals, pets or vehicles such as old trucks or motorcycles. A wonderful gift using the art of pyrography on wood.

Schedule an appointment with the Artist today through her email following the link.

Coming soon....Qannah Parker....Pyrography on Wood continues featuring, number 2 in the Great American Indian Chiefs, by the Knothole.

Pyrography on Wood - Harley Eagle Logo

Pyrography is the art of burning, and several materials can be used. I prefer wood, and Basswood has been my chosen medium lately. Here you can see a Basswood plaque, featuring a Harley Davidson Eagle Logo. The wood piece, is made to hang diagonally. Using this plaque was easy and minimal preparation was needed. I sanded the piece with a light grit sandpaper, and the edges. Then with a paint brush I removed the sawdust, wiped with a damp towel and drew the eagle. I then painted the edges black, and applied a light orange wash to the face of the wood, but not over the eagle. A few hours to dry and I was ready to burn. This Eagle probably in total prep took 3 to 4 hours. After burning I used colored pencil to high-light the color areas of the piece. Then using an acrylic clear, smooth satin finish grade, I coated the piece 3 separate times with a light sand between the first 2. This piece is an original by  the artist using the Harley Logo, and will not be duplicated for sale. This one piece is available now at Ebay.....so bid now before it's too late! 

If you like the piece it can be customized to your preference using different types of wood plaques, boxes or plates. This piece would make a lovely wall decoration and can be made into a candle holder or a coat hook could also be attached. A lovely coat rack of 4 to 6 plaques assembled on the wall, with the same logo, varying logos, or even  logos with other pictures completing a Harley theme can be commissioned. Each piece will be unique and made for each customer only to their specifications.

Lots of new stuff at The Knothole

The Knothole has updated their website, changed pages and added several new features!!

You can visit the Knothole daily to see the web site come to life, experience new features and learn more about the wonderful art of Pyrography.

Classes are now available to those who would like to learn the art Pyrography, burning wood, leather and other items to create a truly unique artwork. Classes can be in person or over the net, through chat and e-mail, concerning hands on techiniques and answer every question quickly while creating your piece. For questions concerning classes please forward to Stephanie

Other items coming soon to the Knothole.....Soy Yummy Forever Candles