Complete Book of Gourd Carving

Author: Jim Widess
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402704420
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
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.

The Complete Book of Gourd Craft

Author: Ginger Summit
Publisher: Lark Books
ISBN: 9781887374552
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
22 projects; 55 decorative techniques; 300 inspirational designs.

Gourd Pyrography

Author: Jim Widess
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402745027
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description
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.

Gourd Art Basics

Author: Angela Mohr
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764328299
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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.

Chip-Carving Gourds

Author: Marilyn Rehm
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764332890
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"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.

Making Gourd Musical Instruments

Author: Ginger Summit
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402745034
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description
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.

Realistic Pumpkin Carving

Author: Lundy Cupp
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781565238947
Category : Halloween decorations
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Portions of this book were originally published in Woodcarving illustrated magazine"--Title page verso.

Extreme Pumpkin Carving

Author: Vic Hood
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9781565232136
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 89

Book Description
A new twist on classic holiday tradition: Learn to carve three-dimensional faces and scenes in pumpkins using tools as simple as kitchen knives or as complex as gouges and chisels. This is a perfect book for woodcarvers who are looking for new and inexpensive ways to celebrate Halloween. Its also a great book for Halloween aficionados who are looking for a new way to have the best pumpkin carvings on the block.

Doodling Borders for Wood Burning, Gourds & Drawing

Author: Bettie Lake
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764347504
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Patterns are so much a part of our lives that we often take them for granted. There are times when an artist working in any medium needs to create a pattern with specific complexity or form. This book takes you step-by-step through the process of drawing twenty-five patterns for wood burning and gourd decoration--with different variations and shading techniques--and applying and adapting the patterns with an easy drawing method. Learn how to improve your drawing skills while applying interest to the patterns as you use them in abstract compositions, create your own variations, and confidently enter your work in gourd or wood burning competitions. Also included are tips and suggestions for wood burning artists who are looking for something not found in typical woodcraft books. Beginning and master gourd artists will find inspiration for designs here, beyond the limited selection offered by clip art and transfers.

The Magic Gourd

Author:
Publisher: Blue Sky Press
ISBN: 9780439439602
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Having been given a magic gourd by a Chameleon for rescuing him from a thorny bush, hungry Rabbit appreciates the gesture of the never-ending bounty of food, but when a greedy king steals it away, Rabbit finds a way to get it back and teach him an important lesson in the process.