Various small cups of different colored liquids and dyes arranged on a dark table, with a pyrography machine on the left side.

White abstract spiral design with two curved lines extending upward, on a black background.

Fay Helfer

Mixed media visual artist originally from St.Martin, inspired by nature and nonsense. Currently can be found creating things in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Pyrography is also known as wood burning, and means ‘writing with fire’. It’s the art of marking wood or other materials with a heated point.

Natural Pigments are colors sustainably sourced from nature, such as plants (indigo, beet, turmeric, saffron, berries), minerals (zinc, ochres, malachite, lapis), and animals (bone char, lac, cochineal).