Turtle Pond

“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....

Petrified Gourd

This “Petrified Gourd” was originally made for the Purchase Award Competition  at the Gourd and Creative Art Show, 2012, Buckhorn, Ontario.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...

Desert

“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...