Reviewer: William I.

I highly recommend watching this video before starting woodburning.

Reviewer: Joel A.

Ms Dows' personality is that of a temperamental, strict school teacher...."Use a red pen to outline"....or else she'll call your parents in for a little "conference". The work should have been on a turntable or use a mirror similar to cooking schools...much of her instructions were given with the work upside down to the viewing audience.

A good portion of the first DVD is taken up with Ms Dows'promotional message to purchase her books. I wasn't renting a commercial.

The presentation could have been enhanced with graphics and bullet point reminders or important skills, tasks or concepts.

Reviewer: Shari Z.

I found these videos to be an excellent learning resource. I have been away from woodburning for quite a few years and the videos not only refreshed techniques I had learned previously, but taught me a few new ones. Ms. Dow has a different approach to teaching, but her videos were the best I've seen for a basic tutorial. She explains why to use different tools to achieve the definition you want for a project.

The videos give quite a bit of information, and Ms. Dow also promotes her books, which contain lots of patterns and guidelines. Of course she's going to "advertise" her products, she's a teacher.

If you're going to rent an instructional video for woodburning, I recommend these highly.