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Making Gourd Dolls & Spirit Figures
Ginger Summit & Jim Widess $27.00
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Dolls that dance, dolls that protect, dolls that charm: these beautiful gourd dolls do that and more. Ginger Summit and Jim Widess—authors of The Complete Book of Gourd Crafting and Making Gourd Musical Instruments —pay tribute to an ancient craft in a volume both inspirational and instructional. It's packed with images of dolls from different cultures and eras, filled with testimonials from the most creative artists working today, and brimming with advice and irresistible projects. Summit and Widess explain how to choose a gourd, mold one as it's growing, clean it properly and safely, pyrograph and sculpt faces, create movable joints, and make such creatures as a simple, limbless Stump Doll; beaded Zulu doll; endearing Hobgoblin; and stacked Mother and Daughter dolls. |
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Gourds: Southwest Gourd Techniques & Projects from Simple to Sophisticated
Bonnie Gibson
$27.00
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Gourds make the perfect three-dimensional canvas. With their varied sizes and shapes, they're nature's gift to the crafter, who can use a multitude of techniques to transform them into breathtaking pieces. Cut them, carve them, paint them, inlay them with stone, or embellish them with leather, fur, feathers, and botanicals: the magnificent possibilities are all featured in this splendid guide, which covers all the gourd crafting basics. Find out how to choose the right gourd (or grow your own); what safety procedures to follow; how to clean, cut, and smooth the gourd; and which tools and decorative materials to use. The projects range from a native rattle and butterfly birdhouse to ornamental treasure boxes and nested vases and bowls.
A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club. |
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Gourd Pyrography
BACK IN PRINT
Jim Widess
$17.00
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Etched and painted with fire and heat, pyrographed gourds have existed for generations—and now modern tools and solid state woodburning systems have made doing fine detail work simpler than ever. Every amply illustrated page and project teaches and inspires, as a parade of fine artists discuss their tools, reveal their techniques, and above all go through each step of the process. They explain how to pick and prepare a suitable gourd; form delicate lines, spirals, and curves; and work through intricate designs. Among the awe-inspiring projects: a pyrographed Frog gourd, basket, and several pieces of jewelry. |
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Complete Book of Gourd Carving
Jim Widess and Ginger Summit
$27.00
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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. |
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The Decorated Gourd
Dyan Mai Peterson
$20.00
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Dyan Mai Peterson is an internationally known gourd
artist and teacher, a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, and
founder of the Western North Carolina Gourd Society. She lives in the
beautiful mountains of Asheville, North Carolina with her husband,
furniture maker, Gary Peterson.
Beginners will discover in these pages endless inspiration,
comprehensive information, and fabulous color photos. Thirty-five
projects, many with templates, range from practical (a Dotted Horse
Utensil Holder) to whimsical (a clock that doesn’t tell time) to Holiday
Easter “eggs” and splendid Christmas ornaments. “The results are
gorgeous.”—Chicago Tribune. 8 1/2 X 10. all in color.
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Gourd
Crafts
Ginger Summit
$17.00
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The
projects incorporate a variety of fun techniques such as wood burning,
carving, and coloring with paints. Craft great-looking bowls and cups,
simple bracelets, elegant stamped and wood burned earrings, a charming
duck-shaped birdhouse, complete with leather-webbed feet, and more.
Bonus: a spectacular gallery of contemporary gourd art. 8 1/2 X 11. all
in color |
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Glorious Gourd Decorating
Mickey Baskett
$30.00
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Celebrate the marriage of nature and art with more than 30 incredible
projects made from gourds. A fascinating introduction examines the use
of gourds throughout history, and stunning photographs of pieces by
contemporary artists will inspire you. Choose and prepare the gourds,
gather necessary materials, and use a range of decorative techniques,
including painting, wood burning, and basketry for beautiful effects. 8
1/2 X 10. all in color |
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