The Decorated Gourd: Beautiful Projects & New Techniques
Gourds are easily obtained and fun to work with, having an  infinite variety of peculiar shapes that lend themselves to  imaginative uses. Host's Gourd Crafts for the First Time is a  book of basic techniques for cleaning, decorating, and  preserving gourds, presented in a question-and-answer project  format aimed at beginners. A gallery of works by the author and  other artists provides ideas. Peterson's Decorated Gourd has  more sophisticated projects involving pyrography (burning) and  woven and beaded embellishments. Most are in a folk-art style  adapted to the gourd medium. Public libraries not having Ginger  Summit and Jim Wedess's The Complete Book of Gourd Craft, which  covers most of the same techniques, may want one or both of  these for their crafts collections.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.