A Guide to Chip-Carving Gourds

by Marilyn Rehm

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764332104
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	02/24/2009
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	797,413
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Marilyn Rehm learned to carve gourds from her father, a skill she demonstrates at Gourd shows. She lives in Big Prairie, Ohio.