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
Quick & Easy Gourd Crafts
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Publisher: Lark Books
ISBN: 9781887374552
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
22 projects; 55 decorative techniques; 300 inspirational designs.
Easy Pumpkin Carving
Author: Colleen Dorsey
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607654946
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
• Fun guide to the classic Fall craft. • Priced to move at $4.99. • Eye-catching 12-unit clip strip display. • Covers both traditional and modern pumpkin carving techniques. • Ready-to-use pumpkin carving patterns. • Includes Dremel tool carving and etching methods.
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607654946
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
• Fun guide to the classic Fall craft. • Priced to move at $4.99. • Eye-catching 12-unit clip strip display. • Covers both traditional and modern pumpkin carving techniques. • Ready-to-use pumpkin carving patterns. • Includes Dremel tool carving and etching methods.
Antler Art for Baskets and Gourds
Author: Betsey Sloan
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764336157
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Enhance your gourd vessel or basket with antlers. Containing 169 color images and step-by-step instructions, learn how to drill, frame, and attach antlers to a traditional weave basket, gourd bowl, floor vases, and even masks. Twenty projects both baskets and gourds are featured for the beginner and advanced crafter. A gallery provides inspiration for your own creations.
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764336157
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Enhance your gourd vessel or basket with antlers. Containing 169 color images and step-by-step instructions, learn how to drill, frame, and attach antlers to a traditional weave basket, gourd bowl, floor vases, and even masks. Twenty projects both baskets and gourds are featured for the beginner and advanced crafter. A gallery provides inspiration for your own creations.
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.
Creating Bottles with Gourds and Fiber
Author: Jim Widess
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9780764338663
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents step-by-step instructions and color photographs for fiber work projects of basket weaves and cords for gourds.
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9780764338663
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents step-by-step instructions and color photographs for fiber work projects of basket weaves and cords for gourds.