EXPERIMENTING WITH MORE FIBER ON GOURDS

Just a couple of quick photos of some of Nancy's latest efforts. She has been experimenting with yarns and other fibers on gourds. This one measures 9 1/2" tall by 12 " wide.

 

Just in Time for Nesting

Nesting season is just around the corner, and we here at Wet Dog Studios have added a variety of birdhouses to our etsy site. These are sized for Wrens and other cavity nesters, and we have even had Bluebirds living in them here at the shop.
Excellent gifts for housewarmings, for birthdays, for Mother's Day, or just because, we hope you take a moment and have a look at some of our offerings. That's wetdogstudios.etsy.com. Thanks!

All for the Birds!

While we do many things to and with gourds,birdhouses are probably are most popular items. A great gift for those impossible to shop for, we like to add our own twists to them. The birds only care about the size of the openings, all of the embellishments are purely for our own enjoyment.
The most frequent question we get about them is if birds really use them. Here in Pennsylvania, competition among cavity nesters is pretty fierce. Our houses are sized for wrens and similar sized birds, and we have even had Bluebirds living in them here at the shop.
We water proof ours with paste shoe polish. That way, the owner can re-coat the house yearly and extend the useful life of the gourd. We also believe it is more environmentally friendly.
We've added some photos below for you to peruse, showing some of our work. The carved ones are done using a wood gouge, and the "Tie-Dyed" ones are a fanciful harkening to our hippie days!


Renny Wren home at last!

Photos

Here are some pix from last year, in random order. Gonna' try and get better at this blog thing, so thanks for your patience while we figure it all out!

Buddy at Christmas

Up on the rooftop cluck,cluck,cluck

Virginia class