Gourd Crafts: 20 Great Projects to Dye, Paint, Cut, Carve, Bead and Woodburn in a Weekend (The Weekend Crafter)

Summary Appeals to a large, general audience, with 20 easy projects, color photos, and simple instructions. The projects incorporate a variety of fun techniques (no power tools needed) such as wood burning, carving, and coloring with paints, leather dyes, shoe polish, varnishes, and stains. Craft great-looking bowls and cups, simple bracelets, elegant stamped and wood-burned earrings, a charming duck-shaped birdhouse, complete with leather-webbed feet, and more. Bonus: a spectacular gallery of contemporary gourd art. A guide to using the Cucurbita and Lagenaria siceraria (a sort of hard shelled pumpkin), for a range of decorative uses in the home and in the garden. No special tools or equipment are needed, standard craft materials such as a scalpel, paints, leather dyes, shoe polish, varnish and stains. The projects include cups and bowls, bracelets, carved vase, duck-shaped birdhouse, stamped and woodburned earrings, masks, candle holders, ornamental flowerpots and an African musical rattle. A guide to using the gourd for a range of decorative uses in the home and garden. No special tools or equipment are needed, just standard craft materials such as a scalpel, paints, leather dyes, shoe polish, varnish and stains. The projects range from cups and bowls to an African musical rattle. Contains twenty easy projects using gourds to create candleholders, a birdhouse, drinking cups, bracelets, and bowls.