Gourd Art Blog
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.
What do my posts offer you?
- Reviews of tools, products, and unique gourd processes
- Explain various gourd techniques with an emphasis on best practices using free videos and tips from my own experiences.
- Suggest ways to make your gourd journey economical, profitable, and award-winning.
- Provide you with inspirational gourd examples and suggest more creative and different approaches to your gourd art.
- Educate your eye to recognize a “master gourd artist “and the expectations of gallery-quality work.
- Provide you with a “Show and Tell”
- Show you how to create reference folders on Pinterest to keep gourd images for inspiration, examination, and critique.
- Gives you a platform on Facebookto share your work and learning tips with all of us.
- 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 |
This site has over 80 articles with videos.
I post one or two new posts every month. 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 article titles below that will be available to you.
As the site grows, so does the costs. Money from the Store/Library and the Blog Archive will help keep this site secure and safe for us to share our knowledge. I truly appreciate your personal support in making this site happen!
Titles available through the subscription
When you are ready to learn more about the offer click Here.
- 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 your 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 7 Tools for Drawing on a Gourd
- How to Add Drama to your Gourd with a Design Cut
- 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