Complete Book of Gourd Carving
Complete Book of Gourd Carving

Author: Jim Widess

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781402704420

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Jim Widess and Ginger Summit, the best-selling authors of The Complete Book of Gourd Craft and Making Gourd Instruments, have done it again: they’ve produced another winner to delight the many crafters who work with gourds. Large, lavish, and astonishingly comprehensive, this breathtaking volume introduces every tool and every technique associated with gourd carving, offers fabulous projects that advance in difficulty, and presents a gallery of works designed to inspire. See how to choose and prepare a gourd, impress the surface with a design, and work with green gourds. The magnificent methods of decorative carving covered include fretwork, engraving, chip carving, carving with gouges, relief carving, inlay, and deep relief or sculptural carving. Throughout, color photographs of exquisite carved gourds present crafts styles from countries around the world. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.

Gourd Pyrography
Gourd Pyrography

Author: Jim Widess

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

Published: 2007-03

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781402745027

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A guide to gourd pyrography--using heat to create works of gourd art--that discusses gourd prep and work basics, provides step-by-step instructions for several designs and techniques, and presents secrets from fifty artists.

Gourd Art Basics
Gourd Art Basics

Author: Angela Mohr

Publisher: Schiffer Craft

Published: 2007-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764328299

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In this new gourd book, author Angela Mohr demonstrates how to select and prepare gourds from the garden and demonstrates basic techniques for cleaning, shaping, and fixing gourds, which then can be decorated for everyday use, such as bowls and vases.\nThis do-it-yourself how-to is perfect for any beginning gourd artisan to learn the finer points of a gourd, fix their common flaws and put the gourds to good use as accessories around the house.

Making Gourd Dolls & Spirit Figures
Making Gourd Dolls & Spirit Figures

Author: Ginger Summit

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9781402732201

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"If you're an artist looking to explore a versatile medium or are interested in making dolls, look to nature's bounty. Learn a variety of classic techniques as you create projects. Comes with a gallery of inspiring work by talented artists."--adapted from back cover.

Coiled Designs for Gourd Art
Coiled Designs for Gourd Art

Author: Catherine Devine

Publisher: Schiffer Craft

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764330117

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Coiling is a basketry technique used as decoration in gourd art. Step-by-step coiling techniques, as well as pattern designs, help gourd enthusiasts use coiled waxed linen and colored thread to enhance their work. 196 color photos show how to trim a gourd bowl or vase and use the coiled threads to add color to your favorite gourds. A special chart will help crafters design their own coiling patterns. Beginners and advanced workers with gourds will be inspired by this book.

Historic Gourd Craft
Historic Gourd Craft

Author: Angela Mohr

Publisher: Schiffer Craft

Published: 2007-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764328305

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What did Americas first inhabitants use for cooking and eating? What did the stranded characters of television's Gilligan's Island use to prepare and eat food? \nTaking her cue from these questions, author Angela Mohr demonstrates how to create authentic vessels by using gourds. A watering can, cooking utensils, and bowls are created in this step-by-step instruction book, as Mohr brings fun and authenticy to her gourds. \nHistorical re-enactors will find inspiration fhere for their authentic life-style performances and drama students, the rights tools to pursue their craft.

Decorating Gourds
Decorating Gourds

Author: Sue Waters

Publisher: Schiffer Craft

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764313127

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Discover the wonderful art of gourd carving and produce gourd-geous results in a minimal time! Gourds grow in all shapes and sizes, and no two are alike. This book shows you how to prepare a gourd for decoration, and then lets your creativity soar! Step-by-step photos and text demonstrate several techniques you could use, including carving, woodburning, painting, staining, stenciling, and pine needle weaving. The projects covered here include vessels, a hanging potpourri, and an adorable Santa Claus. Patterns are included to get you started, and a color photo gallery displays finished projects.

Making Gourd Musical Instruments
Making Gourd Musical Instruments

Author: Ginger Summit

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

Published: 2007-03

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781402745034

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Provides step-by-step instructions for making, decorating, and playing more than sixty string, wind, and percussion instruments made from gourds, along with numerous color photos and cultural information on the instruments' places of origin.

Gourd Lights
Gourd Lights

Author: Susan Nonn

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780764354298

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Written for anyone wanting to build a beautiful, one-of-a-kind gourd lamp, these 9 step-by-step projects include lamps with bases, gourd lamp shades, and wall sconces. Also included is an inspiring gallery of the creative lamps that gourd "light" artists around the world are creating today. A concise glossary of lighting components makes your internet research for the parts you need, and your electrical wiring process, easier, and the book offers a resource list of where to find the supplies needed for all the projects. Although the projects use gourds for the lamp base or shade, other craft materials could easily be substituted--making this a resource of creative inspiration for making, and repairing, all kinds of decorative lighting projects.