A Guide to Chip-Carving Gourds

By Marilyn Rehm

Book Overview

Love working with gourds, but hate all the dust? This new book offers an alternative technique. Step-by-step instructions, along with 176 color photographs, show how to chip and chisel a gourd into a decorative piece for the house or outside. Best of all, only basic, simple tools are needed; no electric cords, no noise, no dust. Create a stunning array of bowls, birdhouses, and ornaments. A gallery of 16 color photographs provides ideas for your own creations. Chip-carving on Gourds is a gentle, relaxing handcraft that any beginner or seasoned gourd crafter can learn and enjoy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764332104
• ISBN13: 9780764332104
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Schiffer Craft
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 10.8"