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.Widess, Jim is the author of 'Complete Book of Gourd Carving ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781402748721 and ISBN 1402748728.