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Shou Sugi Ban Wood Burning

 
 

Check out this video about how we make our Georgie Shou Sugi Ban Wood Burned Pieces!

How We Make Our Shou Sugi Ban Wood Burned Pieces.

We start our shou sugi ban pieces with wood and tools.

Shou Sugi Ban art step 1

We cut out our shapes…

Shou Sugi Ban art step 2

burn them… with lots of fire…

Shou Sugi Ban art step 3

and brush the burned pieces to remove the charred areas leaving a unique textured grain.

Shou Sugi Ban art step 4

We stain, dye, and varnish them…

Shou Sugi Ban art step 5

put them together, and then they’re ready to be displayed!

Cool Shou Sugi Ban Pendulum Clock, and Candle Holder and Cactus Decor

For some of our pieces, we skip the brushing and coloring steps, leaving the charred surface visible in the finished piece.

 
Cool burnt decor
 
 

Shou sugi ban (pronounced “show sue-gee bon”) is an old Japanese technique that preserves wood by charring it. This technique naturally makes the wood resistant to both fire and water.  Technically the ‘sugi’ in shou sugi ban refers to a Japanese cedar tree, but in the vein of not pronouncing the ‘o’ in ‘opossum’, we’ve decided to just go with the flow and refer to this method as shou ‘sugi’ ban, regardless of the type of wood being used.