"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 ...

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 ...

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“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 ...

The matter came to public attention last month when firefighters responded to a house fire in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Ultimately, two dead bodies were discovered in the garage: Tanya Rodriguez and ...

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 ...