Historic Gourd Craft
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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.
Author | : Ginger Summit |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2007-03 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9781402745034 |
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.
Author | : Mickey Baskett |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2005-08 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9781402727849 |
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
Author | : Ginger Summit |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9781402732201 |
"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.
Author | : Dyan Mai Peterson |
Publisher | : Lark Books (NC) |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2003-08 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9781579905118 |
From carving, dyeing, and burning to watercolor effects and antique shading, a professional artist shares her gourd crafting secrets, offering 35 projects, ranging from the practical to the ornamental, many of them with templates.
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 | : 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 | : Lora Susan Irish |
Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2017-08-15 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 0486813495 |
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.
Author | : Vladimir Yarish |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9781402748097 |
For centuries people have marveled over the beauty of plaited basketry; now readers can actually learn the skill and artistry of this craft in the comfort of their own homes. Scholar, artisan, and teacher Vladimir Yarish created all of the birch bark baskets for this book after scouring museums and archeological sites all around the world. This definitive guide focuses on the history and myriad traditional uses of birch bark, as well as general instructions for basket-making and plaiting. Get hands-on with 18 birch bark projects, both decorative and useful, including a rectangular tray, small basket with three-part braid, or an oval basket with curls. Finally, in the gallery section, take a look at plaited baskets by various artists using contemporary materials.
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.