Quirky, captivating and motley colored, the hard-shelled gourd (Lagenaria) is no longer limited as Thanksgiving décor. During December, ornamental gourds add distinctive flair to traditional holiday ...

Nature's pottery is the way many folks refer to gourds. Billings artist Laurie Wertman takes it one step further by painting and embellishing her gourds with fiber and silver. Her new show at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Plastic and painted pumpkins make for cute and low-maintenance Halloween décor, but there’s nothing like ...

ROSCOE - For millennia, gourds have been an elemental utensil in the homes of Southwest Native American tribes. The tough, virtually unbreakable gourd was used to store grain and carry water. Today, ...

But what if your coffee came in an entirely organic kind of cup? That’s the vision of Jun Aizaki, the founder of New York-based design studio Crème Design. He and his team have created a prototype cup ...

Halloween is a time for goblins, ghouls, and—if you’re an inventor—a whole lot of creative thinking! Among the cauldron of Halloween patents, one particularly clever design stands out: a patented ...

Consider the lowly gourd. A member of the Cucurbits family of flowering vines that includes the cucumber and the pumpkin, the gourd is a curious anomaly in the plant world because it produces a large ...

At the heart of Gourd Revival (or G Home) is a philosophy rooted in sustainability, social responsibility, and functionality. As a producer of unique home decor and furniture pieces, the company ...