gourd craft

Guide to decorating gourds, with 22 projects that employ 55 decorative techniques and materials, including wood burning, carving, painting, basketry, staining,and inlay. Each project is explained with photographs and detailed instructions.

Photographs and text profile different types of gourd carvings, describing how the tools and techniques used to decoratively etch, impress, engrave, incise, and carve gourds have evolved throughout history.