Gourd Art Blog

selling and displaying gourd art  posts

Welcome to my Gourd Art  Blog! Every month, I post at least two posts.  You can comment on each post and then share your work related to the topic on our Facebook Group page, Gourd Art Talk.  The more complicated posts can be purchased and downloaded from the store. 

 

 

The Blog is the heart of my website. Here is where my teaching skills take over, and you can learn how to create beautiful gourd art.

Here is what I will provide for you through the Gourd Art Blog.

  1. Reviews of tools, products, and unique gourd processes
  2. Explain various gourd techniques with an emphasis on best practices using free videos and tips from my own experiences.
  3. Suggest ways to make your gourd journey economical, profitable, and award-winning.
  4. Provide you with inspirational gourd examples and suggest more creative and different approaches to your gourd art.
  5. Educate your eye to recognize a “master gourd artist “and the expectations of gallery-quality work.
  6. Provide you with a “Show and Tell”
  7. Show you how to create reference folders on Pinterest to keep gourd images for inspiration, examination, and critique.
  8. Gives you a platform on Facebookto share your work and learning tips with all of us.
  9. Provide extra information on topics with short picture tutorials, checklists, and e-books, both free and at a low price. ($2-$15.)

 

Here is what my readers are sharing about their experience with the articles and videos.

 

 

Thank you for the informative and well-designed information about pyrography and gourds. You clearly are a teacher with many years of experience – it shows! The layout of your information in small sections with lots of photos and videos is easy on the eyes and the mind. I’ll steer my sister to your site as her work with gourds will benefit significantly from your teaching. (I’m a potter, greatly admire your artwork, and have even picked up tips to teach my clay students.)

Pat D

Thank you so much for the information. I’m new to folk art, and your Blog is the best I’ve found to guide me. The info you provide is clear and concise. I especially like that you provide other sources that we can refer to. I will certainly be a regular follower of your Blog.

Carol

“Getting Started”  Posts

Before you spend money on the expensive tools let me offer some help.

Here are my reviews of tools and products every gourd artist ends up buying.A few  are long articles with pictures and videos. You might consider downloading the PDF version from the Art Talk Library so you can have it handy at your work desk or when you shop. 

Most Recent Posts

If you are on Facebook, make sure you join the Goud Art Talk Group.

 

Here you can ask others who have read the post and myself questions and share your experiences and photos of your gourds that relate to the topic. 

This site has over 100 articles with videos.

Each year, you have free access to over twenty. These allow you to learn the information and share tips and questions on our Facebook Group Page. The others are available as a year-long subscription. See the list of articles below to see what you are missing and take time to sign up now!

 

Titles Available with your Subscription

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  • Gourd Painting: Easy Ornaments
  • Creating a Paper Rush Gourd Rim: Beginner’s Guide
  • Failed or Cracked Gourd? Use this Paper Texture Technique
  • An inspiration gourd project for beginning gourd carvers
  • Alcohol Inks and Easter Gourd Eggs
  • Suzy Meelhuysen International Santas
  • Paint a Christmas Ornament with Wax
  • Deborah Adele’s Christmas Gourd Elf
  • Snowman Projects by Deborah Adele
  • Let Marilyn Sunderland Inspire your next Leaf Gourd
    • Tips for increasing Sales at Gourd Events
    • Flock Your Gourd to Attract your Buyer!
    • Tips for Selling Gourds at Guild Galleries or Tourist Locations

 

  • 2 Easy Ways to Inlay a Stone in a Gourd
  • Creating a Paper Rush Gourd Rim: Beginner’s Guide
  • Adrienne Yauk and Cynthia (Yauk) Benson
  • 2 Easy Ways to Inlay a Stone in a Gourd
  • Tips for Using Gold Leafing on your Gourd Art
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  • Continuing the Peruvian Art of Gourd Carving
  • An inspiration gourd project for beginning gourd carvers
  • Guide to the Skinning and Filigree Gourd Carving Process
  • A Review of Gourd Carving Tools
  • Picking the Right Gourd for Gourd art
  • Joining the Gourd Community
  • Graham Ottoson: The Gourd Lady of Gourdlandia
  • Helen Thomas:Sandlady’s Gourd Farm
  • Beginner’s Guide to Cleaning a Gourd
  • Is Gourd Art for You?
  • Failed or Cracked Gourd? Use this Paper Texture Technique
  • 10 Ways to Use a Gourd Conditioner in Gourd Art
  • What to Consider When Growing Gourds in yor Backyard
  • Best Social Media Platforms for Gourd Art
  • Plan Your Gourd journey
  • Buying Online Gourds from the Western U.S.
  • Two Ways to Make A Gourd Lid
  • 7 Tools for Drawing on a Gourd
  • How to Add Drama to your Gourd with a Design Cut
  • Stop Hugging Your Gourd!
  • Learn how Karen Friend sequences the making of her gourd and solves problems as she gets to know the gourd better.
  • How to find and modify “Google” images into original artwork and 3 different ways to transfer designs to your gourd for wood burning
  • Best Mask for Gourd Artists
  • Best Tools for Cutting a Hard Gourd
  • How Do You Choose a Wood burner for Gourd Art?
  • Wood Burning 101: The Outlining Technique
  • Wood Burning 101: The Outlining Technique
  • Review of Clear Finishes for Gourd Art
  • Taking your Gourd Supplies on the Road
  • A Review of whites for Gourd Art
  • A Review of Gourd Carving Tools
  • Review of  Sanders and Sanding Tools for your Gourd Toolbox
  • Stop Alcohol Dyes from Fading on your Gourd
  • Alcohol Inks and Easter Gourd Eggs
  • Leather Dyes-The Do and Don’ts
  • Achieve a Contemporary Look using Metallic Inks on Gourds
  • Three Gourd Challenges with Alcohols inks
  • Marbleizing Colors with Gourd Dyes and Paint

 

  • Kristen Treuting: Looking at a Gourd Organically
  • Stop Hugging Your Gourd!
  • The Bottle Gourd and 8,000 Years of History in Asia
  • How Mindy Hawkins Elevated the Impact of her Gourd Birds to Awesome!
  • Kokopelli: Southwest Arts 3000-year-old Casanova
  • The Southwest Spirit Doll
  • Learn how Karen Friend sequences the making of her gourd and solves problems as she gets to know the gourd better.
  • Carol Kroll’s World of Gourd Sculptures
  • Meet Gourd Artist Kristy Dial
  • Alcohol Inks and Easter Gourd Eggs
  • Suzy Meelhuysen International Santas
  • Deborah Adele’s Christmas Gourd Elf
  • Snowman Projects by Deborah Adele
  • Let Marilyn Sunderland Inspire your next Leaf Gourd
  • Santa Claus Project for Beginners
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  • Colored Pencils on Gourds
  • 7 Ways To Give your Gourds Shimmer with Mica Powders
  • Gilders Paste Wax in Gourd Art
  • 6 Ways to use Embossing Powders on Gourds
  • How do you cover a gourd using air-dry clays and craft molds?
  • Gourds as Clay Molds?
  • Using QuikWood Epoxy Clay on Gourds
  • A Mosaic Technique for Gourd Art Using Eggshells
  •  using Apoxie Sculpt