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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 306048, member: 111"]Did a little hunting around to see what might have been used to etch the wood without burning it (looks like there's also some carving in addition to the etching), but didn't have much luck in a cursory search. Was thinking of when I've used oxalic acid to bleach wood, but don't think it would eat into the wood?</p><p><br /></p><p>Did find these references to a couple of etchings on charred wood at an 1866-67 exhibition in Melbourne: <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TjGYFrzt8FYC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=%22etching+on+charred+wood%22&source=bl&ots=6H5es-x4uH&sig=TM_J1Ge-UFqwP7wVA4YvFssCkF0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5kfm2zNfXAhXBneAKHUDRD-EQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22etching%20on%20charred%20wood%22&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TjGYFrzt8FYC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=%22etching+on+charred+wood%22&source=bl&ots=6H5es-x4uH&sig=TM_J1Ge-UFqwP7wVA4YvFssCkF0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5kfm2zNfXAhXBneAKHUDRD-EQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22etching%20on%20charred%20wood%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=TjGYFrzt8FYC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=%22etching+on+charred+wood%22&source=bl&ots=6H5es-x4uH&sig=TM_J1Ge-UFqwP7wVA4YvFssCkF0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5kfm2zNfXAhXBneAKHUDRD-EQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22etching%20on%20charred%20wood%22&f=false</a></p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TjGYFrzt8FYC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=%22etching+on+charred+wood%22&source=bl&ots=6H5es-x4uH&sig=TM_J1Ge-UFqwP7wVA4YvFssCkF0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5kfm2zNfXAhXBneAKHUDRD-EQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22etching%20on%20charred%20wood%22&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TjGYFrzt8FYC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=%22etching+on+charred+wood%22&source=bl&ots=6H5es-x4uH&sig=TM_J1Ge-UFqwP7wVA4YvFssCkF0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5kfm2zNfXAhXBneAKHUDRD-EQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22etching%20on%20charred%20wood%22&f=false" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 306048, member: 111"]Did a little hunting around to see what might have been used to etch the wood without burning it (looks like there's also some carving in addition to the etching), but didn't have much luck in a cursory search. Was thinking of when I've used oxalic acid to bleach wood, but don't think it would eat into the wood? Did find these references to a couple of etchings on charred wood at an 1866-67 exhibition in Melbourne: [URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=TjGYFrzt8FYC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=%22etching+on+charred+wood%22&source=bl&ots=6H5es-x4uH&sig=TM_J1Ge-UFqwP7wVA4YvFssCkF0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5kfm2zNfXAhXBneAKHUDRD-EQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22etching%20on%20charred%20wood%22&f=false']https://books.google.com/books?id=TjGYFrzt8FYC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=%22etching+on+charred+wood%22&source=bl&ots=6H5es-x4uH&sig=TM_J1Ge-UFqwP7wVA4YvFssCkF0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5kfm2zNfXAhXBneAKHUDRD-EQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22etching%20on%20charred%20wood%22&f=false [/URL] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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