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Beginners Book of Gourd Craft

Beginners Book of Gourd Craft
Author: Kas Hirst
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2015-01-20
Genre: Gourd craft
ISBN: 9781499030990

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Beginners Book of Gourd Craft

Beginners Book of Gourd Craft
Author: Kas Hirst
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 75
Release: 2015-01-20
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1499031033

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Looking for something different to inspire the artist within you? Why not try a gourd! Theyre fun to work with, so practical, and make great gifts. You can paint, decoupage, carve, mosaic, woodburn, or leave them in their natural state. Once you start, the possibilities are endless. So for people wanting either a new craft or a new medium for an old craft, give a gourd a go! Youll be surprised and delighted with what you discover in the gourds and in yourself. Here, I show you how to grow and decorate these amazing natural art mediums. Read on.


Gourd Pyrography

Gourd Pyrography
Author: Jim Widess
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2007-03
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 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.


Complete Book of Gourd Carving

Complete Book of Gourd Carving
Author: Jim Widess
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2004
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 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 Art Basics

Gourd Art Basics
Author: Angela Mohr
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-11
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 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.


Decorating Gourds

Decorating Gourds
Author: Sue Waters
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 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.


Historic Gourd Craft

Historic Gourd Craft
Author: Angela Mohr
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-12
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 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.


Gourd Fun for Everyone

Gourd Fun for Everyone
Author: Sammie Crawford
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780764331244

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Discover a world of enchantment and creative possibilities with Sammie Crawford, the Fairy Gourdmother.(TM) Her painting and decorating techniques, patterns, and practical instruction will have you creating masterpieces. Gourds are everywhere: in gardens, at the grocery or farmer's market, and online. Whether you create a Christmas character, a frog prince, a snowman, a mermaid, a lighthouse, or a bow-legged cowboy, you'll be smiling from start to finish. Eight step-by-step projects are shown to get you started, and there are lots of other examples to inspire your own ideas of what a gourd can be.


The Complete Book of Gourd Craft

The Complete Book of Gourd Craft
Author: Ginger Summit
Publisher: Lark Books
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1998-12
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781887374552

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22 projects; 55 decorative techniques; 300 inspirational designs.


One Gourd at a Time

One Gourd at a Time
Author: Tricia Sutton
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780764341465

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For crafters and artists who like the idea of working with gourds but don't know where to begin, this Beginner's Guide provides basic cutting, coloring, and decorating techniques. Gourds can be made into a container, an animal, jewelry, a face or mask, or anything else you can create. Step-by-step instructions and 361 color images take you through 21 projects using both cleaned and uncleaned gourds. There's the snowman, gourd pin, shadow box, candy dish, and a beaded face mask. Chapters include cleaning and cutting the gourd, coloring and decorating, and easy-to-do projects with your gourd scraps. Though geared for beginners, this how-to book is also a great resource for seasoned crafters who want to take their gourd art to the next level. A gallery of completed projects will further inspire your own creative ideas.