OROVILLE — Linda and Ed Hemsley have been partners in life for 55 years and for the past couple of decades or so, partners in art. The couple creates “gourd-ous” decorative pieces, ornaments, candy or ...

Thought to be the first plant ever cultivated, gourds for centuries have provided man with everything from bowls, bottles and storage containers to musical instruments, food and drink. Today the ...

The incision removes the varnish and allows the light background to shine through. Painting by applying vegetable or mineral dyes to the bare surface, which was widely used on gourds in the 18th ...

Sharon Vang knows her gourds, and how to decorate them. On a recent evening, the Lincoln woman shared her artistry with the Capitol City Carvers. She talked about the thickness of gourds -- the ...

There are so many things that can be done with dried gourds! It’s an art category all its own. Wearable art — pins, combs, pendants and bracelets — all can be easily made from hard-shelled gourds.

The Wild Hearts Gallery in Placitas is spotlighting an unconventional medium this month: dried gourds. The new exhibit, “Gourdeous Art,” features the work of 13 members of the New Mexico Gourd Society ...

DeLAND — Louise Murphy has never thought of herself as an artist, but this week she and her friend Dottie Dye were busy gearing up for this weekend’s DeLand Outdoor Art Festival, where they will make ...

Marshall – — There are those days when the gourd sits there, inattentive, uncooperative and, frankly, a little disrespectful. Those are the days when Doug Wolff has to reach deep down and find the ...