Pyrography Workshop with Artists Melissa Engler and Graeme Priddle

Pyrography Workshop with Artists Melissa Engler and Graeme Priddle | Sun. Sept 7, 2025 | 4:30 – 7:30 pm ET | NextFab 1800 N American Street, Philadelphia 19122 | In-person

General Ticket – $275 (pyrography kit included)
Members Ticket – $250 (pyrography kit included)

Join us for a hands-on evening exploring the art of pyrography—creating stunning patterns, textures, and images by burning designs into wood. Renowned artists Melissa Engler and Graeme Priddle will guide you through using your own pyrography kit, and even teach you how to craft custom tips for unique effects.

This is a rare opportunity to learn from two of the finest artists in the wood community. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced maker, you’ll leave inspired and ready to create. Space is limited. Reserve your space today.

Melissa Engler is a wood-sculptor based in Asheville NC. She received an Associates degree in studio furniture at Haywood Community College and a BA in Sculpture from UNC-Asheville. She is influenced by both her practical and artistic training to create pieces that honor the craft of woodworking while incorporating color, texture and pattern. Her work tells stories of our complex relationship with the natural world, focusing on themes of reverence and responsibility. She teaches nationally and internationally with her partner and fellow wood sculptor Graeme Priddle.

Studio Artist; teaching: Center for Furniture Craftsmanship (ME), Penland School (NC), Appalachian Center for Craft (TN) John C Campbell Folk School (NC); publications: American Craft, Carolina Home+Garden, Woodwork Magazine; group exhibitions/ collections: Museum for Art in Wood (PA), Messler Gallery (ME), Moss Arts Center (VA) Michener Museum (PA); representation: Penland Gallery (NC), The Gallery at Flat Rock (NC), Green Hill Center (NC) Grovewood Gallery (NC), Museum for Art in Wood (PA)

Graeme Priddle has 26 years experience in the woodworking field, best known for his sculptural turnings/carvings reflecting his life and environments in Northland, New Zealand. He has won numerous awards for his work, which has been exhibited widely in New Zealand, UK, Japan, Taiwan, France, Germany, U.S.A and Canada. He is very active in the wood turning world and commits his time and talent to many creative endeavours. He has served on the committee of the New Zealand National Association of Woodturners for five years as well as being instrumental in establishing the New Zealand ‘CollaboratioNZ’ Conferences in 1998. Graeme has demonstrated and taught for numerous woodworking and woodturning groups and at many woodworking events throughout the world.

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