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Ricordi (Memories) by Irene Corgiat Pyrography on wood detailed in oil colors This prize-winning piece was executed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Italian liberation. Color photograph courtesy of the artist

Inverno (Winter) by Irene Corgiat Pyrography and oil paint on wood Color photocopy courtesy of the artist

Padre Pio by Irene Corgiat Pyrography on velour paper in frame Color photograph courtesy of the artist

I Tarocchi dei Visconti (The Tarot Cards of the Viscounts) by Irene Corgiat Pyrography and color on wood Color photograph courtesy of the artist

I Tarocchi dei Visconti (The Tarot Cards of the Viscounts) detail by Irene Corgiat Pyrography and oil paint on wood Color photograph courtesy of the artist

Face on the Shroud of Turin (Negative and Positive Imges) by Irene Corgiat On left: original (negative image) pyrograph on linen, signed On right: (positive) image made from photographic negative of the original (Note that artist's signature is now reversed) Black-and-white photocopy courtesy of the artist

Face of the Shroud of Turin Irene Corgiat Posing with Her Work at the September 2000 Exhibition, Principi di Piemonte Hotel Pyrography on natural linen Color photograph courtesy of the artist

Italian pyrographic artist Irene Corgiat of Baldissero near Turin has been a figurative artist all her life. Of the many forms of figurative art that she has worked with, her preference is for pyrography. Except for the Face on the Shroud of Turin image, which is on linen, she has always worked with pyrography on wood or velour paper.

The story of Irene Corgiat's pyrograph on linen of the Face on the Holy Shroud of Turin, done at the request of the author Vittoria Haziel in conjunction with her book La passione secondo Leonardo (The Passion According to Leonardo), is told in the March–April 2003 Pyrograffiti in the WOM.

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