by Mary Sullivan | May 8, 2014 | Tutorials
This wearable gourd pin will be sitting on a bench along the Rotary Trail in Peterborough, Ontario.
by Mary Sullivan | May 8, 2014 | Tutorials
This birdhouse will be tucked in a tree along the Lakefield Trail, by the Firehall in Lakefield, Ontario.
by Mary Sullivan | Nov 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
“Turtle Pond” is a large gourd, with the inside decoupaged with brown paper. The turtle shapes have been burned before having the shell area built up with Apoxie Sculpt. The shell has been painted black, and then covered with dyed egg shell mosaic....
by Mary Sullivan | Oct 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
This “Petrified Gourd” was originally made for the Purchase Award Competition at the Gourd and Creative Art Show, 2012, Buckhorn, Ontario. It has a slice of polished rock core embedded in the gourd, as well as inlace. Pyrography has been used to add to...
by Mary Sullivan | Oct 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
“Desert” has a piece of dried cactus fibre from the Arizona desert inserted in the carved and black painted section. The cactus fibre has also been painted black, before being highlighted with copper. The body of the gourd is coloured using Adirondack...
