The history of gourd carving in Peru goes back to ancient times, when it was used for ceremonial purposes. Gourds were commonly used as containers or instruments, and later became a medium for ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The gloriously carved and masterfully painted vases, lampshades, sculptures, wind chimes and more that self-taught artist Janet ...

Chris Pawlik designs and embellishes gourds, turning them into amazing three-dimensional works of art. I met the award-winning gourd artist at this year's Belle Isle Art Fair, where I was immediately ...

Gourd carving – a traditional art form that involves carving various patterns and characters on gourds by using knives and needles – has been attracting widespread attention in Linshu county, in Linyi ...

Lanzhou gourd carving is a folk art unique to China. Using a knife or needle, a carver applies incised carving on the surface of gourds to reproduce traditional Chinese painting of landscape, flowers, ...

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 ...

Alana Mattingly has a passion for carving, so much so that every Halloween, her front yard is filled with hundreds of intricately sliced faux pumpkins amassed over several decades. Mattingly, 78, used ...