Chaos Woods

Out of Chaos Woods comes curiosities!
Original wooden art creations by Austin, Texas artists Terry Snow & Sarah Snow.

Pyrography, Pyrogravure, Wood Burning, Pokerwork

Originally, we bought a cheap wood burner just to sign the toys we made and then add some detail but Sarah has really enjoyed expanding this skill! Today, Sarah has a professional grade, dual pen multi-temperature system with numerous tips and uses it to add intricate original art detail to our pieces. Including inscriptions on our celebration drink ware.

We’ve recently had an amazing opportunity to create art live during Bulleit Bourbon's Frontier Works, https://www.bulleit.com/frontier-works/ in Austin, Texas!

Proud to have illustrated some of our favorite aspects of this great city, pyrographic drawing live, during the event, on this 8 foot table top. The table will tour with the party and end up on display at the Kentucky distillery.

Angel with burger on a plate in front of a pond — "Blaze Foley's Big Cheeseburger & Good French Fries". It is inspired by the the Texas singer songwriter, Blaze Foley's song lyrics:

I got an angel of woman with big blue eyes (some recordings of the song are with brown eyes)
Got friends in the country, old neckties
I love big cheeseburgers and good French fries
Could go fishing but the fish draw flies.

Three assembled photos of Sarah sitting on the chair, the chair and a close up — We picked up the cast iron chair at a garage sale. It was missing whatever was originally in the oval, probably a mosaic, and it needed to be cleaned up. We put a coat of enamel clear coat on it and Sarah made the “Idyllic Midnight” pyrography drawing for it, we varnished and epoxied it together. Terry also made some new foot pads for protecting the floor. It's absolutely perfect for sitting under the moon!

Frankenstein’s Monster is in the Parlor is a pyrographic drawing of Boris Karloff as the Monster in the 1931 classic film. He is making a moose shadow puppet in front of the wall in the Parlor. The wall paper is has windmills. This work includes a small amount of acrylic paint.

The Wolf Man is in the Parlor is a pyrographic drawing of Lon Chaney as the Wolf Man in the 1941 classic film. He is making a wolf shadow puppet in front of the wall in the Parlor. The wall paper is from the house Sarah lived in as a teenager. This work includes a small amount of acrylic paint.

Dracula is in the Parlor is a pyrographic drawing of Bela Lugosi making a rabbit shadow puppet in front of the wall in the Parlor. The wall paper design is modeled after a pattern in a 1920s Sears Roebuck catalog. This work includes a small amount of acrylic paint.

Working large scale is really fun and amazing. Sarah got the opportunity to wood burn the logo for Cumberland Food Truck on this gate. We're so appreciative of the opportunity to contribute some visual beauty to East Cesar Chavez.

The owl eyes and nose in the grain of the wood were really prominent in this one.

On the side of the bowl, Sarah wood burnt wings.

We scored this beautiful piece of splated Cottonwood log from the neighborhood and Terry discovered, as he turned it on the lathe, that it had an owl's face in the woodgrain. To accentuate the theme Sarah wood burnt some owl wings on the sides.

Wolf and Hare in the Moonlight is a hand carved box with intricate pyrographic drawn details.

Hand carved Poplar wood box with felt lining showing stars on the underside of the lid.

The lid of the box has a two headed wolf with phases of the moon.

Around the sides of the box are five legged, two tailed and three eyed rabbits.

Douglas Adams Hitchhiker’s to the Galaxy homage wood burnt goblet.

Skeleton banshee mermaid on a bar tap handle.

Edgar Allen Poe portrait with raven and a human heart offering in a handmade frame.

Sarah was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s silhouette. It seemed a perfect shape to decorate the outside of our celebration drinkware!

Similarly, she was also inspired to put a whale on the side and found inspiration in Douglas Adams’, Hitchhikers’s Guide to the Galaxy and Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.

"Thumb Ride to Heaven" started off as a study for the owl wings for the above bowl. — *"Thumb Ride to Heaven"* started off as a study for the owl wings for the above bowl.

*"Thoughts of Home" - pyrography on Poplar plank mounted on handmade paper.*

Custom for my sister, portrait of her dogs and one of her chickens on a trip to Japan.

Really enjoying the owl wings theme with the addition of Egyptian hieroglyphics as the inspiration we created "Owl and the Egyptian."

Page from the Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration showing Eygyptian religious symbols. — Page from the *Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration* showing Eygyptian religious symbols.

Terry handmade the perfect Walnut wood frame with brass nails for this pyrography wood burning.

This photo of Sarah's grandmother kissing a stuffed bear was the inspiration for "Trip to Alaska".

Grandma Mary Beth Murphy in Alaska in the 1970's.

In the wood burning the woman and the bear kiss over the bar with a martini and a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer can.

These days most of our items have some wood burnt details, especially our drink ware, but also toys, sculptures, and carvings.

Two things Terry and Sarah Snow have in common with the vikings: They love woodworking and festive libations. Terry turned these hefty walnut goblets on the wood lathe and Sarah embellished them with a beautiful Valkyrie along with several other common characters in Norse mythology, the raven, wolf and ouroboros, plus the Old Norse word for mead. Drink from this goblet and feel the power of the Gods.