Stunning artwork created on burned layers of maple

Stunning artwork created on burned layers of maple
 February 27, 2012 | February 27, 2012 | The Nation
 

THE artist behind these stunning pictures must be barking mad to spend months at a time perfecting one piece of art. But Julie Bender is happy to take her time to carve out a career with these unusual but breathtaking pictures. Using nothing but alternating heats 54-year-old Julie gradually burns away at thin layers of maple wood, producing the different shades and tones in these incredibly detailed works. She stumbled upon her talent ten years ago when she decided to start burning pictures into wood, despite never having never seen the technique used before.