Complete Book of Gourd Carving

by Jim Widess, Ginger Summit

Jim Widess and Ginger Summit, the best-selling authors of The Complete Book of Gourd Craft and Making Gourd Instruments , produce another winner to delight the many gourd crafters. Large, lavish, and astonishingly comprehensive, this breathtaking volume introduces every tool and technique, offers fabulous projects that advance in difficulty, and presents a gallery of works designed to inspire. See how to choose and prepare a gourd, impress the surface with a design, and work with green gourds. The magnificent methods of decorative carving covered include fretwork, engraving, chip carving, carving with gouges, relief carving, inlay, and deep relief or sculptural carving. Throughout, color photographs of exquisite carved gourds present crafts styles from countries around the world.

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Paula Montgomery]

This book has everything you might want to know about carving gourds from tools to designs. The instructions and step by step instructional photographs are almost better than a video. Whether a beginner or more advanced carver, this will have some helpful ideas.

[Inemesit]

This book provides a great mixture of education and inspiration for anyone curious about gourd carving. The helpful information about tools for getting started paired well with artists’ highlights of their processes and finished works of art. I checked this out as a library book.