"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." A craft hack for “fractal wood burning” is killing American DIYers. It’s an amateur rig made of a ...

Around the nation, people are using intense currents of electricity to create unique patterns in wood. Called fractal burning, they're making wood designs with homemade electrical devices from ...

Wood burning, which goes by pyrography when it’s feeling fancy, has been an art form for centuries. [PapaJ06] puts a new twist on it by using a microwave oven transformer to generate fractal patterns ...

Fractal wood burning may look artistic, but behind the beauty lies deadly danger. This documentary explores how the craft works, why it is so hazardous, and the tragic accidents linked to it. FBI ...

MARATHON COUNTY, Wis. – Two people found dead after a house fire this month were electrocuted while making art with a "highly dangerous" method called fractal wood burning, local officials said. The ...