Some artists like to work with silver or wrought iron or hardwood. Diane Werblo likes gourds. She and her husband, graphic artist Robert McCrary, are gourd artists. They are among more than 50 ...

Friends Gloria Gay and Jeanie Dierwechter share a common bond: They love gourds. Both are members of the Pennsylvania Gourd Society, represent the organization every year at the Pennsylvania Farm Show ...

ROCK SPRINGS — The Community Fine Arts Center will change exhibits in late July and welcome Arizona artist Katie Woods. She is sharing her gourd art for the first time in Wyoming and is excited to ...

“Color and imagery dance in my head, asleep or awake,” says artist Whitney Peckman on her Web site. “I cannot live long enough to give expression to all that lies behind my eyes.” Those words convey a ...

BOISE, Idaho — Garden master Jim Duthie shows us something different that you might want to consider growing next year. Gourds! They’re members of the squash family, and for the most part, people ...

Poppies and daisies leapt from the curved surface with a pastoral beauty. Dots in all different sizes and colors created a mosaic effect across the surface of another piece. Macramé, crocheted and ...

Chris Pawlik designs and embellishes gourds, turning them into amazing three-dimensional works of art. I met the award-winning gourd artist at this year's Belle Isle Art Fair, where I was immediately ...

When a friend gave Carol Ann Short a gourd, she didn't realize it would add a new dimension to her volunteer work as a Montgomery County Master Gardener. Short has been raising gourds for four years ...

Gourd enthusiasts from across Pennsylvania, and beyond, gathered at the Lebanon Expo Center near Lebanon for the Pennsylvania Gourd Society’s annual Pennsylvania Gourd Gathering. The event, which is ...

Jia Fengke's brightly colored gourd artworks inspired by Peking Opera costumes. [Photo/VCG] Jia Fengke fell in love with gourd carving 20 years ago. The 53-year-old folk artist from Zhengzhou quit his ...