Lu Adams a pyrography artist specialising on large scale mandalas. Her art is a meeting point between craft, decoration and spirituality via wood and fire. The work’s fine quality is distinctive. Without formal art training she developed drawing skills while being alone for long periods of time in her childhood. The pyrography lessons from her father were invaluable. This slow art is her and her viewer’s way to contemplation and self-search. Raised in an environment that valued only obedience she sees the effects even now - the restraint and tension between expressing herself and learning not to stand out. Firstly her works seem to deal with geometry and spirituality, but looking closer they are very personal. Capturing rich repeating motives gazing at the centre of her work, you’ll see the optical effect. Through this, Lu’s intention is to connect you to your inner self, which is a part of the creative universal energy. Every mandala is a 120h work piece that makes a bridge between reality and imagination, between inner and outer world. Its essence is in connection between dream and reality, expansion and centring, darkness and light. Each one is the show of the dichotomy of life.

Art did not come to Lu Adams as a career choice, but as a calling.

The wood burning process demands complete presence and patience. Every pattern invites stillness. The smell of bonfire, the warmth of the burning pen, and the gradual emergence of sacred geometry creates a meditative state unlike anything she had experienced before.

Lu’s art is more than decoration—it is transformation. Her mission is simple: to create works of art that bring beauty, stillness, and meaning into people’s lives.

Each mandala is a journey. Each circle tells a story. Each piece is created with fire, patience, and love.

After decades of putting others first, Lu Adams embraced her true artistic calling. Today, her museum-scale wood-burned mandalas stand as a celebration of that awakening—proof that it is never too late to create the life you were meant to live.