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Gourd Art Basics

Angela Mohr
Gourd Art Basics Book PDF

Author : Angela Mohr
Publisher : Schiffer Craft
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0764328298

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Gourd Art Basics by Angela Mohr Pdf

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.

Gourd Art

David Macfarlane
Gourd Art Book PDF

Author : David Macfarlane
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03
Category : Carving (Decorative arts)
ISBN : 9781402753688

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Gourd Art by David Macfarlane Pdf

Provides examples from twenty artists along with information on their tools, methods, and influences.

Decorating Gourds

Sue Waters
Decorating Gourds Book PDF

Author : Sue Waters
Publisher : Schiffer Craft
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0764313126

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Decorating Gourds by Sue Waters Pdf

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.

Complete Book of Gourd Carving

Jim Widess,Ginger Summit
Complete Book of Gourd Carving Book PDF

Author : Jim Widess,Ginger Summit
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1402704429

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Complete Book of Gourd Carving by Jim Widess,Ginger Summit Pdf

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 Crafts

Ginger Summit
Gourd Crafts Book PDF

Author : Ginger Summit
Publisher : Lark Books
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1579901522

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Gourd Crafts by Ginger Summit Pdf

Contains twenty easy projects using gourds to create candleholders, a birdhouse, drinking cups, bracelets, and bowls.

It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

Colin Nissan
It s Decorative Gourd Season Motherfuckers Book PDF

Author : Colin Nissan
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781797214757

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It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers by Colin Nissan Pdf

A passionate and profane love letter to fall, the best fucking season of the year. Do you get excited at the first brisk breeze of the year? Are you overcome with delight when you see piles of red leaves? Do you lose your fucking mind at a pumpkin patch? At last, the epically funny internet sensation It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers is now a visual tour-de-force, teeming with a cornucopia of perfectly paired photos and seasonal enchantments to make it really fucking sing. Whiffy candles, wicker baskets, motherfucking gourd after gourd, and people going insane they love fall so much? Check! Also included: the equally lifechanging meditation It's Rotting Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers, because all good things must end. Give it to everyone you love, or put it on your fucking coffee table next to a pile of shellacked vegetables to really tie the room together. Perfect for: For anyone who fucking loves fall, and fans of McSweeney's, Go the Fuck to Sleep, Deep Thoughts, the Onion, and the New Yorker.

Cut-Out Gourd Techniques

Susan Nonn
Cut Out Gourd Techniques Book PDF

Author : Susan Nonn
Publisher : Schiffer Craft
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0764342967

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Cut-Out Gourd Techniques by Susan Nonn Pdf

For gourd artists looking to improve their skills with the mini jigsaw with 221 colored images and step-by-step instructions for ten projects.

One Gourd at a Time

Tricia Sutton
One Gourd at a Time Book PDF

Author : Tricia Sutton
Publisher : Schiffer Craft
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0764341464

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One Gourd at a Time by Tricia Sutton Pdf

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.

The Art of Spoon Carving

Lora Susan Irish
The Art of Spoon Carving Book PDF

Author : Lora Susan Irish
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780486813493

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The Art of Spoon Carving by Lora Susan Irish Pdf

Beautifully illustrated guide by a master woodcrafter presents 12 projects, with mix-and-match suggestions for creating dozens of spoons and other implements. Perfect for beginners, the book features clear, detailed directions.

Quick & Easy Gourd Crafts

Mickey Baskett
Quick Easy Gourd Crafts Book PDF

Author : Mickey Baskett
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1402727844

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Quick & Easy Gourd Crafts by Mickey Baskett Pdf

New in Paper With a simple gourd, it's easy to make an astonishing variety of bowls, boxes, baskets, pitchers, and dippers, as well as musical instruments and toys. Choose from the many inviting shapes, from the kettle to the canteen, the bushel basket to the snake. Carve, burn, wax, varnish, and color them with paints, dyes, oils, and markers to work their smooth, three-dimensional surfaces. Basic, time-tested techniques for making practical works of art show you how to grow, dry, and clean them, or where to buy gourds readymade for projects such as a child's elephant pull toy, planters, lamps, and birdhouses. "[A] collection of uncomplicated, step-by-step projects for...large gourds, which are fun to work with and readily available...a good selection."--Library Journal

Gourd Pyrography

Jim Widess
Gourd Pyrography Book PDF

Author : Jim Widess
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1402745028

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Gourd Pyrography by Jim Widess Pdf

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.

Historic Gourd Craft

Angela Mohr
Historic Gourd Craft Book PDF

Author : Angela Mohr
Publisher : Schiffer Craft
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0764328301

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Historic Gourd Craft by Angela Mohr Pdf

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.

A Guide to Chip-Carving Gourds

Marilyn Rehm
A Guide to Chip Carving Gourds Book PDF

Author : Marilyn Rehm
Publisher : Schiffer Craft
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0764332104

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A Guide to Chip-Carving Gourds by Marilyn Rehm Pdf

Love working with gourds, but hate all the dust? This new book offers an alternative technique. Step-by-step instructions, along with 176 color photographs, show how to chip and chisel a gourd into a decorative piece for the house or outside. Best of all, only basic, simple tools are needed; no electric cords, no noise, no dust. Create a stunning array of bowls, birdhouses, and ornaments. A gallery of 16 color photographs provides ideas for your own creations. Chip-carving on Gourds is a gentle, relaxing handcraft that any beginner or seasoned gourd crafter can learn and enjoy.

Gourds with Southwestern Motifs

Bonnie Gibson
Gourds with Southwestern Motifs Book PDF

Author : Bonnie Gibson
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1600595480

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Gourds with Southwestern Motifs by Bonnie Gibson Pdf

Gourds -- with their infinite variety of unusual shapes and sizes, and their smooth surfaces -- have provided a perfect canvas for artists in the American Southwest over many years. It's easy to carve, paint, and stain them, and add embellishments like beads and feathers. These beautiful projects, including rainsticks, masks, and bowls, reflect the traditional designs, techniques, and colors that are indigenous to this region.

Gourds in Your Garden

Ginger Summit
Gourds in Your Garden Book PDF

Author : Ginger Summit
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2001-06
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0806926996

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Gourds in Your Garden by Ginger Summit Pdf

Whether you're a seasoned gardener enchanted with their lush vines and unusually shaped fruit or a crafter in search of the perfect gourd for a specific project, this easy-to-use primer takes the mystery out of growing gourds. Largely ignored by most gardening books, gourd plants require specific attention to produce healthy vines and satisfactory fruit. Learn how to: * Identify popular gourd shapes * Plan and cultivate your garden * Grow, train, and harvest a bountiful crop * Control pests and disease with natural remedies * Prepare your gourds for use-in recipes and art projects. Lists of suppliers, a growing calendar, and space for notes on your own garden conditions make this the complete gourd sourcebook. A delight to read as well as a lasting reference, this long overdue guide to the adventures of growing one of Nature's greatest gifts is an essential addition to any gardener's library.