Author: David Macfarlane
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1402753683
Category : Carving (Decorative arts)
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Provides examples from twenty artists along with information on their tools, methods, and influences.
Gourd Art
Author: David Macfarlane
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1402753683
Category : Carving (Decorative arts)
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Provides examples from twenty artists along with information on their tools, methods, and influences.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1402753683
Category : Carving (Decorative arts)
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Provides examples from twenty artists along with information on their tools, methods, and influences.
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.
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.
Quick & Easy Gourd Crafts
Author: Mickey Baskett
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402727849
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
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
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402727849
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
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
New Gourd Art with Ink Dyes
Author: Maria Dellos
Publisher: Design Originals
ISBN: 9781574216141
Category : Gourd craft
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book takes you step-by-step through the process from choosing a gourd to the final feather and bead embellishments that complete your very own creation. Techniques include cutting, sculpting, design transfer, wood burning, sanding, inking, painting, chip carving, recessing, staining, stamping and adding inlaids.
Publisher: Design Originals
ISBN: 9781574216141
Category : Gourd craft
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book takes you step-by-step through the process from choosing a gourd to the final feather and bead embellishments that complete your very own creation. Techniques include cutting, sculpting, design transfer, wood burning, sanding, inking, painting, chip carving, recessing, staining, stamping and adding inlaids.
Making Gourd Dolls & Spirit Figures
Author: Ginger Summit
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402732201
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
"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.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402732201
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
"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.
Decorating Gourds
Author: Sue Waters
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764313127
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764313127
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Cut-Out Gourd Techniques
Author: Susan Nonn
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764342967
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For gourd artists looking to improve their skills with the mini jigsaw with 221 colored images and step-by-step instructions for ten projects.
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764342967
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For gourd artists looking to improve their skills with the mini jigsaw with 221 colored images and step-by-step instructions for ten projects.
Coiled Designs for Gourd Art
Author: Catherine Devine
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764330117
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764330117
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
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.
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.
Historic Gourd Craft
Author: Angela Mohr
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764328305
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
ISBN: 9780764328305
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.