Gourd Crafts: 6 Projects & Patterns, by Ro Shillingford, is divided into eight main chapters. Chapter One, (two pages), covers 'Types of Gourds', 'Growing Gourds', 'Curing Gourds', and 'Cleaning Gourds'. Chapter Two, (three pages), covers 'Crafting with Gourds', 'Cutting the Gourd', 'A Word About Rotary Tools', 'Cleaning Out the Gourd', 'Glues', 'Wood Fillers', 'Transferring Drawings', 'Coloring the Gourd', 'Burning', 'Carving', and 'Finishing'. Chapter Three, (six pages) is a 'Bird House' project. Chapter Four, (seven pages) is a 'Big Bowl' project. Chapter Five, (eight pages) is an 'Apple Box' project. Chapter Six, (eight pages) is a 'Whimsey-bird Vase' project. Chapter Seven, (eight pages) is a 'Ewer' project. Chapter Eight, (seven pages) is a 'Scarecrow Roly-poly' project. Gourd Crafts: 6 Projects & Patterns concludes with sections on 'Sources', 'Gallery', and 'Pattern Drawings' (eleven pages total).
Gourd Crafts: 6 Projects & Patterns utilizes thirty-four pictures to illustrate the 'Bird House' project section, thirty-four pictures to illustrate the Big Bowl project section, thirty-six pictures to illustrate the Apple Box project section, forty-one pictures to illustrate the Whimsey-bird Vase project section, forty pictures to illustrate the Ewer project section, and thirty-two pictures to illustrate the Scarecrow Roly-poly project section. Each section relies heavily upon the use of pictures to show each step of the project. The picture are captioned with descriptions of the work in progress. The majority of the book's text is devoted to picture captioning and descriptions. The images guide the process. This is a common approach taken with Schiffer publications.
64 pages. Paperback.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7643-2825-1
