Sarah Nelson’s son broke a gourd in their garden, resulting in lots of gourds the next year. Now what to do with them? Her answer was to create art. Sarah Nelson of Felton, Delaware has been making ...
BOISE, Idaho — Garden master Jim Duthie shows us something different that you might want to consider growing next year. Gourds! They’re members of the squash family, and for the most part, people ...
The unassuming gourd is anything but humble in the hands of artists such as John “Duke” Pointek, who saws, sands, drills and dresses up the hard-shelled fruit into stunning shapes that delight both ...
WASHINGTON - Most people think of gourds as fall decoration or food, but several craftspeople see them as art. "I put some pretty spectacular colors on the gourds themselves, and then I do a little ...
Chris Pawlik designs and embellishes gourds, turning them into amazing three-dimensional works of art. I met the award-winning gourd artist at this year's Belle Isle Art Fair, where I was immediately ...
In 1993, Connie Worrell, one of the founding members of the Florida Gourd Society, was traveling through Georgia when she stumbled upon one of those unexpected and quirky attractions that often make a ...
This Sunday, 50 artists from Sonoma County will go out of their gourd for a good cause. "Calabash! A Celebration of Gourds, Art and the Garden," benefits Food For Thought, the Sonoma County AIDS food ...
Master carver Eulogio Medina Sanabria, one of the few in Cochas Grande, inspects the gourds. Photographs by Joshua Eli Cogan, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archive Eulogio Medina Sanabria holds a gourd after ...