My cousin-in-law has always had an appreciation for beer. He and RJ would discuss various craft brews for hours at a time. He even has a room in their house dedicated as a his bar. So when his birthday rolled around this year, I figured I would put my new pyrography skills to use in making him a bar sign. I wasn't sure exactly what to put on the sign. After settling on an interesting font for the lettering, I drew a blank on the imagery. I looked at Rob's family crest, at antique bar signs, contemporary bar signs, and clip art for brewing ingredients. Being more comfortable with drawing florals, I immediately latched onto the images of barley and hops. These I drew around the outside of the lettering, which left a lot of empty space in the middle behind the words. Not wanting to cover the entire thing in plants, I decided to squeeze in a mug of beer. Which led me to the debate of whether to do a glass mug or something more historic like a tankard or a stein. In th...