Wax on Gourds: Decorative Techniques for Transforming Gourds & Rims

By Miriam Joy

Gourds offer great surfaces to decorate, and this step-by-step book reveals the design boost you can give your gourd projects by using crayons as an economical source of wax. With over 340 detailed photos, in her popular how-to style Miriam Joy explains the inexpensive materials needed and the basic steps of the low-cost, high-impact wax design technique. Next are step-by-step instructions for four examples of creative wax-technique designs on gourds, plus four stunning rim treatments. By using these as your starting point, you can create unlimited gourd artworks of your own--all featuring low-cost, high-impact wax design technique. Projects range from the "Midnight Fern" gourd with a crocheted beaded ruffle, to the colorful "Flowers in the Jungle" gourd with a simple shell rim, to the "Blue Horizons" gourd featuring a unique coiled Arrowhead Points rim. Plus, using wax, learn how to make faux stones to decorate any project.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764352253
• ISBN13: 9780764352256
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Schiffer Craft
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 10.9"