Manzano Day School – 2019 Classroom Projects
Auction Ends: Apr 12, 2019 10:00 AM MDT

Collectibles

4 - Harris

Item Number
120
Estimated Value
Priceless
Sold
250 USD to asbd35cb7
Number of Bids
1  -  Bid History

Item Description

Lichtenberg burned myrtle wood table inlaid with turquoise. 

Fractal wood burning (Lichtenberg Wood Burning) is a process of applying an electrically conductive solution on wood and then applying high voltage electricity through a transformer using two probes. When this electricity is applied, it burns in the wood from one probe to the other. The figures that are created are commonly called Lichtenberg figures or fractal burns. These burns create a lightning like image that is burnt into the wood.

Mrs. Harris's fourth graders have enjoyed burning the wood, one child exclaiming, "it smells like Fenton!"

With gratitude to Mr. Lance Hale.

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