"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Fractal burning creates distinctive Lichtenberg patterns on wood, resulting in branching designs that resemble natural forms.

People around the nation are using homemade devices that generate intense currents of electricity to create patterns in wood, a process called fractal burning. And while the technique can result in ...

MARATHON COUNTY, Wis. – Two people found dead after a house fire this month were electrocuted while making art with a "highly dangerous" method called fractal wood burning, local officials said. The ...

TROUT RUN – A Lycoming County man was electrocuted while utilizing a process known as fractal wood burning. Coroner Charles E. Kiessling said a relative found Joseph Sechrist, 43, dead about 6 a.m.

"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 ...