Brendan Power is an artist from Lucan, Co. Dublin. After studying and working as an engineering technician Brendan returned to college to study fine furniture making at the Letterfrack Institute of Technology in Galway. This led him to specialize in woodcarving and pyrography. Pyrography is the art of burning images into wood. Originally the traditional craft of pyrography was carried out with a hot poker. Nowadays, there are specialized machines which heat up a thin wire allowing the artist to burn continuously for several hours. Brendan has just recently designed a pedal powered pyrography machine which enables him to create his artwork outdoors whilst generating the electricity required. He is currently working out of his studio in Kinsale Co. Cork where he produces work of great diversity ranging from small scale commissions to large scale sculptural installation.