Complete Book Of Gourd Carving
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| Author | : Jim Widess |
| Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9781402704420 |
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.
| Author | : Ginger Summit |
| Publisher | : Lark Books |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 1998-12 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9781887374552 |
22 projects; 55 decorative techniques; 300 inspirational designs.
| Author | : Jim Widess |
| Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 150 |
| Release | : 2007-03 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9781402745027 |
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.
| Author | : Angela Mohr |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Craft |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2007-11 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780764328299 |
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.
| Author | : Susan Nonn |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Craft |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780764342967 |
For gourd artists looking to improve their skills with the mini jigsaw with 221 colored images and step-by-step instructions for ten projects.
| Author | : Sue Waters |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Craft |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780764313127 |
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.
| Author | : Catherine Devine |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Craft |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780764330117 |
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.
| Author | : David Macfarlane |
| Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 2008-03 |
| Genre | : Carving (Decorative arts) |
| ISBN | : 1402753683 |
Provides examples from twenty artists along with information on their tools, methods, and influences.
| Author | : Marilyn Rehm |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Craft |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780764332890 |
"This step-by-step guide, with 229 color photographs, demonstrate the many ways to design your gourd with only the simplest of tools -- no electric cords, no noise, no dust. 10 Projects feature bowls, birdhouses, and ornaments are included and a gallery of 15 color photographs provides ideas for your own creations"--P. [4] of cover.
| Author | : Angela Mohr |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Craft |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2007-12 |
| Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
| ISBN | : 9780764328305 |
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.
