Four new pictures have been added to the gallery section. To view the new pictures please click on the Gallery icon then go to page 3. I am also working on putting together an order form as well as a price list for those that are interested in purchasing a gourd.
For those of you who might not be certain about gourds and what you can do with them, let me take this time to explain....
Gourd: "A hard-shelled, durable fruit grown for ornament, utensils, and general interest." An important quality of the gourd is the durability of its hard shell which has been known to last for thousands of years. Undoubtedly, it is the durable hard shell that first made the gourd significant to early humans and encouraged its cultivation in locations literally all over the world in temperate and tropical climates where they are grown.
A gourd is a member of the curcurbita pepo family, meaning that it produces fruit and contains seeds. It is a cousin to the squash, but inlinke a squash, it is not edible.
For my gourd art, I use only hard-shell gourds and hand craft each one of them. There are twenty five different shapes of hard-shelled gourds lending to diverse creativity in gourd art.
A Tucson, Arizona artist and fellow gourd-head, I have my hands in the complete gourd process, from planting the first seeds to helping them grow and bear fruit. After harvesting, it takes up to a year for them to dry, before cutting, cleaning and decorating them.
"A lot of time, hardwork and enjoyment goes into each piece of Gourd Art."
Margot Huntington
