Fay Helfer
Mixed media visual artist originally from St.Martin, always inspired by nature and nonsense, never bored. Currently can be found in the San Francisco Bay Area, creating with pyrography and natural pigments.
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).
PYROGRAPHY
NATURAL PIGMENTS
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Oak Gall
Found some oak galls on a walk in San Rafael…

Madder Root
Time to dig up these roots…

Aeonium Leaf
After collecting these dried leaves for so long…

Purple Pincushion
What a dark and delightful flower…

Chalk?
Not sure what this is…

Yellow & Red Ochre
Yellow and red ochre…
Timelapse
Here’s a little timelapse of ‘Kit Fox in the Desert’ being made.