Complete Book of Gourd Carving

Complete Book of Gourd Carving
by Jim Widess, Ginger Summit

Complete Book of Gourd Carving
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Author: Ginger Summit, Jim Widess
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2007-09-01
ISBN: 1402748728
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Sterling

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Book Review: Excellant Gourd Book!
Summary: 5 Stars

This book is very well written. I can't wait to work on my gourds, trying out some of these techniques. You won't be sorry if you love to work with gourds and you purchase this book!

Summary of Complete Book of Gourd Carving

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.

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