"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 ...

“You don't usually associate beautiful works of art with death,” is how the TV news program Inside Edition began its Sept. 2 report on the dangers of fractal burning, also known as Lichtenberg. The ...

A Wisconsin couple was electrocuted attempting a popular but dangerous wood-burning technique, law enforcement officials said. The "fractal burning" technique creates lightning-like etchings by using ...

IT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE SISTER OF A COCO MAN KILLED LAST SUMMER HAS A WARNING ABOUT HOW HE DIED. IT HAPPENED WHILE HE USED ELECTRICITY TO BURN DESIGNS INTO WOOD. THAT’S RIGHT. THIS PROCESS ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? What you end up with is essentially a homemade Lichtenberg machine, an apparatus used ...

Our Spotlight on the Arts for December 2025 shines brightly on fractal burning artist, Michael Davenport, of MSD Designs! What is fractal burning art? Fractal burning art, also known as Lichtenburg ...

The pre-eminent association for wood turners in the United States has issued a ban on a controversial process for using high-voltage electricity to create designs in wood because the technique has ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." If this all sounds bonkers, you’re right. We spoke to an electrical engineer to set the record ...