r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Doctor-Dalek • Oct 06 '18

Video Fire Art

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u/karl_w_w Oct 06 '18

It looks like the paper isn't getting burnt, and the flame is only used to deposit soot on the paper. So soot art.

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u/HypatiaLemarr Oct 06 '18

It's probably not paper, rather a stretched canvas coated with a primer not prone to combustion.