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 , have done it they’ve produced another winner to delight the many crafters who work with gourds. Large, lavish, and astonishingly comprehensive, this breathtaking volume introduces every tool and every technique associated with gourd carving, 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. A Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Paula Montgomery · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.