GOURDS FROM THE GARDEN
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2005 NEWSLETTER
What's your style when it comes to working with gourds? Do you
like the natural look of a gourd, do you prefer painting, wood
burning, carving, coiling, or inlay? How about a combination of some
of them? I suppose my style of gourd is considered mostly
whimiscal.  There are so many ways to work with gourds, I hope you
will enjoy looking at some of them this month.
We cannot all do great things, but we
can do small things with great love.
Can you believe this came from a gourd?
Totally amazing work by Phyllis Sickles, you
can see her work at:
http://www.gourdvisions.com/
This month's I've gotten into the
carving mode again using my trusty mini
jig saw and paints. A plain finger nail
file comes in great use for these kind
of pieces.
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                                        This fellow
                                         need touch     
                                             ups








Click photos        
to enlarge



                                     This piece is      
                                      cut out, carved
                                     wood burned,     
                                       leather dyed,
                                     and shoe polish
Outta My Gourd features work of Bob & Ona
Fern where they use different techniques to
create very nice work. Check out their site at
http://outta-my-gourd.com/
Success doesn't come to you....you go get it!
    NORTH CAROLINA
       GOURDSHOW
Want to see what was at the show, click
here for Beck Folsom's great pictures


                                        Here are a
                                       couple of my
                                      winners.

We had lots of fun
and thanks Beck
for posting your                
pictures!!
What do your vines look like?
Here's few pictures of mine, the
smaller ornamentals are starting to
die back some. Click photo's to enlarge














                                        Some
                                     strawberry
                                     gourds I
                                         tried



Growing on        
the wood pile
 again
MORE ON DIFFERENT STYLES
Have you ever seen the artists of Peru?
It's amazing the work they can do. I was
fortunate enough to meet Tito
who is from Peru and does wonderful work
with gourds. I even had to add one of his
pieces to my collection. The detail is
amazing. There are many pieces available on
ebay if you ever get a chance to look.
Here's one example, click photo to enlarge.
Turtlefeather's website has a nice
collection in their gallery,
To see more, click here.