Welcome to my gourd world,
GourdSupplies.com. We carry all the latest and greatest gourd craft
supplies for gourd art, pyrography, woodworking, woodcarving and other crafts.
We carry gourd ink dyes, Earth Safe
Finishes (formerly Terra Belle Finishes) Pure Color pigments, paints, sealers,
natural fibers, beads, hand tools including woodcarving tools, files, rasps,
gourd stands and
so much more.
Al and I have been involved in
woodworking for many years and selling all of our tools and supplies at
woodcarving shows since 1999. We
started our online store in
2002 and have been catering to woodburners and woodcarvers. I was
introduced to gourds back in 1999 while living in Texas but when we relocated to
New Mexico I found myself drawn back to working with gourds more and more and
experimenting with lots of new tools, mediums and embellishments. In early
2008 when I finally found the products I felt were good enough to recommend and
sell in our store I slowly started adding them to our online store.
After getting many requests from
our existing customers who were not only pyrographers but also gourd artists I
decided it was time to re-evaluate our focus and launch a new department just
for gourd supplies. And so, GourdSupplies.com was created introducing our
new lines of gourd supplies. GourdSupplies.com has been growing ever since
and now includes a wide variety of paints, pigments, gourd ink dyes, sealers,
hand tools and a wide variety of supplies and accessories. The only thing
missing is power tools. We will continue to carry woodburning tools and
perhaps in the future will pick up some power tools but for now we will limit
our gourd supplies to everything but power tools.
I
am so pleased to be able to offer you the same products recommended and used by
Maria Dellos of Gourd TV. Maria developed the techniques for using ink
dyes, metallic gel glazes and other Terre Bella Finishes products on gourds.
In her book,
"New Gourd Art with Ink Dyes" she
shows you step-by-step how
to achieve incredible new colors and looks by combining all or some of these
products together!
Earth Safe Finishes, formerly Terre Bella Finishes products are
so popular because of their outstanding quality and because they can be combined
with one another without changing or compromising the colors or performance of
the products! You save money because there’s no need to buy hundreds of
different products. With just a few basic items you have what you need to create
an almost endless array of colors and finishes! The best part is that they
all clean up easily with soap and water.
They are the best quality on the
market and because you can basically create an unlimited palette they are
wonderful for artists of all kinds including pyrographers and gourd artists.
I was thrilled experimenting with the pure color pigments on my
woodburnings and they were just what I needed to enhance some of my burnings.
I just know that you will all experience the same satisfaction as I and others
who have already been using these products have been experiencing.
Earth
Safe Finishes, formerly Terre
Bella Finishes and the ink dyes are the
finest quality and made in the USA.
The ink dyes are light-fast, acid free water based dyes.
Available in a wonderful selection of colors and
because these ink
dyes have no alcohol, they won’t fade or streak like alcohol based products.
The inks are made in America. These
dyes are perfect for gourd artists as well as rubber stamping enthusiasts.
In addition to all the wonderful
paints, dyes, glazes and color we have so many other new products including
beads and embellishments.
So, stop by and stay awhile to check out all our new products.
The gourds displayed here were
made with some of the products we carry. The gourd on the top right was
made with the suede lacing and beads we carry. The gourd on the left was
colored with gourd ink dyes and embellished with sea grass and stone arrowhead.
The gourd on the bottom right was made with Earth Safe Finishes Old World
Peasant Paint, Pure Color pigments, Opulence, Metallic Gel Glaze and gourd ink
dyes, both regular and metallic. It was finished off with some of the
beads we carry and is displayed on our new gourd stands.
If you haven't already discovered the wonderful world of gourd decorating I
invite you to give it a try.
I will also be starting a
tutorial
for new gourd and craft enthusiasts to help them get started using some of these wonderful
products. I also highly recommend you check out Maria's book
"New Gourd Art with Ink Dyes"
which is available from us.
Thank you for stopping by and come
back often!
Happy Gourding©!
Nedra
