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books:

Making Gourd Musical Instruments: Over 60 String, Wind & Percussion Instruments & How to Play Them

4 reviews
Ginger Summit, Jim Widess

Sterling, 2007

Making Gourd Musical Instruments
A fantastic companion to "The Complete Book of Gourd Craft" (by the same authors). The history lesson on each type of instrument is wonderful for both adults and children. The photos of both ancient and new instruments are a pleasure to look at and an inspiration to get going on a project while the instructions for making the instruments are basic enough to get started and then let your ...

The Complete Book Of Gourd Craft: 22 Projects * 55 Decorative Techniques * 300 Inspirational Designs

17 reviews
Ginger Summit, Jim Widess

Sterling, 1998

Gorge yourself on gourds!
What a great book! I took a gourd coiling class and the instructor had this book. I couldn't wait to get my own copy! This book is so thorough. From cover to cover it's filled with information, pictures and ideas, you can't help but be inspired. I was, and now I'm "gourding" like crazy!

Complete Book of Gourd Carving

9 reviews
Jim Widess, Ginger Summit

Sterling, 2007

Complete Book of Gourd Carving
I'm new to gourd art and was looking for ideas and techniques to try. This book provides both. The artwork is fantastic and the pieces portrayed are inspirational. A dozen different techniques are showcased with photos of several completed pieces created with each technique and with various tools. Some of the artists tell how they created their pieces in a general way, while others explain in ...

Gourd Musical Instruments
Ginger Summit, Jim Widess

The Caning Shop, 2000

Gourd Musical Instruments is an audio book that describes 40 different musical instruments made from gourds, a hard shell vegetable closely related to the pumpkin and zuccini. The book contains a compact disk with 45 different tracks and 73 minutes of music so that the reader can hear what the 40 different gourd instruments sound like. Instruments represented range from the Afro-Brazilian Berimbau, to tiny gourd flutes attached to the rumps of ...

Making Gourd Dolls & Spirit Figures

9 reviews
Ginger Summit, Jim Widess

Sterling, 2007

Excellent Starting Place for Making Gourd Figures
As a gourd artist, I wasn't able to find much information on creating figural pieces with gourds when I first began. Ginger and Jim have done an incredible job of compiling work from a variety of artists with different styles. There is a great history on dolls in different cultures in the beginning of the book that I found fascinating. Different techniques for creating figures are shown in ...

The Weekend Crafter: Gourd Crafts 20 Great Projects to Dye, Paint, Cut, Carve, Bead and Woodburn in a Weekend

4 reviews
Ginger Summit

Sterling, 2000

Another winning book by Ginger Summit.
Gourd Crafts, 20 Great Projects to Dye, Paint, Carve, Bead and Woodburn in a Weekend, is a gotta have book for all gourd crafters. I have all of Ginger's other books, and am just as excited, upon receiving this book, as I was with her others. Ginger always puts out all new information in each of her new books. I have been gourd crafting for 13 years, and yet her books are completely filled ...

Gourds in Your Garden: A Guidebook for the Home Gardener

9 reviews
Ginger Summit

Hillway Press, 2006

What you need to know
Super book with answers to tough gardening questions for gourd growers. Helpful, detailed & practical. I always return to this book, so much useful information.