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.
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.
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.
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.
Gourds in Your Garden
Author: Ginger Summit
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780806926995
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Whether you're a seasoned gardener enchanted with their lush vines and unusually shaped fruit or a crafter in search of the perfect gourd for a specific project, this easy-to-use primer takes the mystery out of growing gourds. Largely ignored by most gardening books, gourd plants require specific attention to produce healthy vines and satisfactory fruit. Learn how to: * Identify popular gourd shapes * Plan and cultivate your garden * Grow, train, and harvest a bountiful crop * Control pests and disease with natural remedies * Prepare your gourds for use-in recipes and art projects. Lists of suppliers, a growing calendar, and space for notes on your own garden conditions make this the complete gourd sourcebook. A delight to read as well as a lasting reference, this long overdue guide to the adventures of growing one of Nature's greatest gifts is an essential addition to any gardener's library.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780806926995
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Whether you're a seasoned gardener enchanted with their lush vines and unusually shaped fruit or a crafter in search of the perfect gourd for a specific project, this easy-to-use primer takes the mystery out of growing gourds. Largely ignored by most gardening books, gourd plants require specific attention to produce healthy vines and satisfactory fruit. Learn how to: * Identify popular gourd shapes * Plan and cultivate your garden * Grow, train, and harvest a bountiful crop * Control pests and disease with natural remedies * Prepare your gourds for use-in recipes and art projects. Lists of suppliers, a growing calendar, and space for notes on your own garden conditions make this the complete gourd sourcebook. A delight to read as well as a lasting reference, this long overdue guide to the adventures of growing one of Nature's greatest gifts is an essential addition to any gardener's library.
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.
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 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.
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.
Beginners Book of Gourd Craft
Author: Kas Hirst
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499031033
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Looking for something different to inspire the artist within you? Why not try a gourd! Theyre fun to work with, so practical, and make great gifts. You can paint, decoupage, carve, mosaic, woodburn, or leave them in their natural state. Once you start, the possibilities are endless. So for people wanting either a new craft or a new medium for an old craft, give a gourd a go! Youll be surprised and delighted with what you discover in the gourds and in yourself. Here, I show you how to grow and decorate these amazing natural art mediums. Read on.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499031033
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Looking for something different to inspire the artist within you? Why not try a gourd! Theyre fun to work with, so practical, and make great gifts. You can paint, decoupage, carve, mosaic, woodburn, or leave them in their natural state. Once you start, the possibilities are endless. So for people wanting either a new craft or a new medium for an old craft, give a gourd a go! Youll be surprised and delighted with what you discover in the gourds and in yourself. Here, I show you how to grow and decorate these amazing natural art mediums. Read on.
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.
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Author: Jeanette Winter
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 0679819975
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Illus. in full color. "Winter's story begins with a peg-leg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the Underground Railroad. While working for plantation owners, Peg Leg Joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd (the Big Dipper). A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the song's directions. Rich paintings interpret the strong story in a clean, primitive style enhanced by bold colors. The rhythmic compositions have an energetic presence that's compelling. A fine rendering of history in picturebook format."--(starred) Booklist.
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 0679819975
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Illus. in full color. "Winter's story begins with a peg-leg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the Underground Railroad. While working for plantation owners, Peg Leg Joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd (the Big Dipper). A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the song's directions. Rich paintings interpret the strong story in a clean, primitive style enhanced by bold colors. The rhythmic compositions have an energetic presence that's compelling. A fine rendering of history in picturebook format."--(starred) Booklist.