About Alan and Nedra
Welcome to Sawdust Connection, award-winning collections of woodburning
and pyrographic art by Nedra Denison
and
fretwork and wood carvings by Alan Denison. Our work is unique, hand-made and
one of a kind and we do accept commissions on occasion. We also
carry the best quality woodburning tools on the market, wood and
pyrography books and supplies.
Alan is a woodcarver from way back, or should I say finger carver, because
that's what he first started doing at the age of 11. After refining
his techniques, he finally figured out that carving wood was much more
effective and less expensive than buying stock in band-aids. Alan
enjoyed whittling away on caricatures and eventually started carving canes
and other oddities. Alan was also creating a lot of sawdust with his
new RBI scroll saw, so they decided they needed to do something with all
those works of art he was creating and they began selling them at arts and
crafts shows.
Alan was a member of a local
wood carving club and attending the Texas Woodcarvers Guild rallies held
twice a year taking wood carving classes and Nedra was getting just a
little jealous of all the fun he was having. When Alan attended the
1999 Spring rally, Nedra went along and took a chip carving class.
She thought it was great fun, but for three days she had the smell of
burning wood behind her and couldn't resist the temptation to try
pyrography herself. She borrowed a woodburner and sat in on a
woodburning session, instantly fell in love and she's been burning the
house down ever since then.
After winning many awards
for her pyrography and building up her confidence in her skills as an
artist, Nedra started teaching in 2001 and it was finally time to start
her own business.
About Sawdust Connection & GourdSupplies.com
Sawdust Connection has been supplying woodburners and carvers with
superior quality products since 2001. We sell only the best
quality woodburning tools; gourd, pyrography and craft supplies available!
Check out our new
GourdSupplies.com shop
Recognizing that high quality materials are easiest to use, are longer
lasting, and make a finer finished product, Sawdust Connection
offers only the finest woodburners, wood products ,etc
Alan and Nedra Denison, personally research every item they sell. Some of
the criteria for the selection of tools includes: superior customer
support from the company, prompt and efficient service and delivery of
products, lasting quality of the product and it's ease and comfort in use. Nedra has a personal relationship with each and every supplier and tool
manufacturer that they represent. She ensures that they understand
the importance that Nedra gives to supporting her customers and how will
he/she extend themselves to make sure that every customer is happy with
his or her purchase. You can be assured that everything you find in our
inventory has been tested and used by us and we will stand behind it.
"It has to be not only the best, but if I wouldn't use it myself I won't
sell it and if I wouldn't sell it to my mother, I won't sell it to you"
says Nedra.
Nedra's Pyrography Classes
Nedra feels passionate about pyrography and loves to share that passion
with anyone willing to learn. She feels that teaching is important
in keeping the interest in
pyrography growing.
For more information about Nedra's Philosophy about
teaching, her methods and schedule of classes, please check out the
page for pyrography
classes. We have also just published a separate page just
for an events calendar
and will be listing classes with space available as they come up.
Welcome To Our Website and
store
We thank you for visiting
our website and hope you enjoy browsing through our store front, galleries
of wood carvings, drawings and pyrographic art.
We carry
Razertip & Colwood woodburning systems, pens and accessories as well as
Wall Lenk single temperature burners. We also carry a wide
variety of pyrography, gourd and craft supplies, such as basswood
products, maple burls and other figured wood; Italian poplar plywood;
tagua nuts; pyrography books and many other supplies.
To start shopping please go
to our
STORE FRONT
and be sure to check back frequently for new items.
If you wish to mail your order in rather than using our online shopping
cart, please go to our
mail order form
Thank you for taking the
time to visit our website.
Alan & Nedra Denison
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