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footwear / sneaker art | 45 Apples to Apples: Basic Techniques for Dec- orating Gourds. C. Angela Mohr. Make a “Be My Valentine” gourd, fish and rooster adorned gourds, gift-wrapped gourds, and a “Thinking of You” gourd with well-wishes written on it. Through 178 color images and step-by-step directions, compare dec- orating techniques using color, paper, and common art supplies. A gallery of finished projects will inspire your own creations. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 178 color images • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-3621-8 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Decorating Gourds: Carving, Burning, Paint- ing and More. Sue Waters. Produce gourd-geous results in minimal time! Step-by-step photos and text demonstrate several techniques for decorating gourds, including carving, wood burning, painting, staining, stenciling, and pine needle weaving. The projects covered here include vessels, a hanging potpourri, and an adorable Santa Claus. Patterns are included to get you started • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 190 color photos • 48 pp. • 978-0-7643- 1312-7 • PB • $14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD Doodling Borders for Wood Burning, Gourds & Drawing. Bettie Lake. Learn techniques for using resin inlay with gourds and wood projects, including carving, mixing, insetting, sanding, and polishing. Instructions and original designs, and an extensive gallery of gourd and wood turned art, will inspire readers to add personal touches to their projects • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 203 color photos & drawings •56pp. •978-0-7643-4750-4•PB•$12.99 / £11.99 / 17.99 CAD Gourd Art Basics: The Complete Guide to Cleaning, Preparation and Repair. C. Angela Mohr. Learn how to select and prepare gourds to make home accessories such as bowls and vases. Author Angela Mohr demonstrates the aspects of cleaning and gutting gourds, and fixing gourds, for everyday use. Perfect for any beginning gourd arti- san to learn the finer points of a gourd, fix their common flaws, and put the gourds to good use as accessories around the house. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 159 images • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-2829-9 • PB • $14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD Gourd Crafts: 6 Projects & Patterns. Ro Shill- ingford. Over 220 color photos and text guide readers through every step needed to create gourd bird houses, bowls, apple boxes, whimsy-bird vases, ewers, and scarecrow roly-polys. The text provides information on growing, curing, and cleaning gourds. Cutting and cleaning techniques, how to transfer pattern drawings, and gourd decoration are covered • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 222 images • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-2825-1•PB•$15.00 / £13.99 / 19.95CAD Gourd Fun for Everyone. Sammie Crawford. Painting and decorating techniques, patterns, and practical instruction will have you creating master- pieces. Whether you create a Christmas character, a frog prince, a snowman, a mermaid, a lighthouse, or a bow-legged cowboy, you’ll be smiling from start to finish. Eight step-by-step projects are shown to get you started, and there are lots of other examples to inspire your own ideas of what a gourd can be • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 239 color photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-3124-4 • PB • $22.99 / £20.99 / 31.99 CAD Gourd Lights: How to Make 9 Beautiful Lamp and Lantern Projects. Susan Nonn. Written for anyone wanting to build a beautiful, one-of-a-kind gourd lamp, these 9 step-by-step projects include lamps with bases, gourd lamp shades, and wall sconces. Every step is detailed with photos and clear instructions. Also featured: a glossary of light/lamp components, a resource list of where to find the supplies, and an inspirational photo gallery • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 202 color images • 80 pp. • 978-0-7643-5429-8 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Creative Rims for Gourd Art. Marianne Barnes. Through more than 200 color images and tutorials from contributing artists, learn how to finish the rims of many gourd bowls using chip stone, tubular beading, paper, coiling, leather, wire, clay, pine needle, and flowers—or just leave the rim natural. Rims can be very simple or extremely elaborate. A gallery of completed works will inspire your own creative ideas • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 205 color photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-4614-9 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Cut-out Gourd Techniques. Susan Nonn. This book was written for gourd artists looking to improve their skills with the mini jigsaw with 221 colored images and step-by-step instructions for ten projects. By working through these projects, artists will build their confidence in using the mini-saw to execute techniques such as cutting tighter lines, cutting through a tight curve, and cutting 90-degree angles • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 221 color photos • 96 pp. •978-0-7643-4296-7•PB•$19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Gourd Puppets and Dolls: A Do-It-Yourself for Crafters. C. Angela Mohr. These projects join two age-old skills: gourding and sewing. With sim- ple techniques, you can combine gourds with a cloth body to make dolls or puppets to enjoy or give as gifts. Learn how to make a gourd ragdoll, reversible dolls, marionettes, even bobble gourdheads! • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 233 images • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-2868-8•PB•$15.00 / £13.99 / 19.95CAD Gourds in Motion: Simple Techniques toMake Gourd Projects Move. C. Angela Mohr. Bring new direction and inspiration to your gourd crafts by adding motion! Four motions—spinning, jump- ing, up and down, and rise and drop—bring dyna- mism and joy to gourd art. Clear directions and step-by-step photos walk you through specific projects and open your creative talents to explora- tion and innovation • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 160 color images •80 pp. •978-0-7643-5832-6•PB• $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD A Guide to Chip-Carving Gourds. Marilyn Rehm. Step-by-step instructions, along with 176 color im- ages, show how to chip and chisel a gourd into a decorative piece for the house or outside. Create a stunning array of bowls, birdhouses, and ornaments. Chip-carving on gourds is a gentle, relaxing, dust-free handcraft that any beginner or seasoned crafter can learn and enjoy • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 189 color images • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-3210-4 • PB • $14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD Historic Gourd Craft: How to Make Tradition- al Vessels. C. Angela Mohr. What did America’s first inhabitants use for cooking and eating? What did the stranded characters of television’s Gilligan’s Island use to prepare and eat food? Author Angela Mohr demonstrates how to create authentic vessels using gourds. A watering can, cooking utensils, and bowls are created in this step-by-step instruction book. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 178 images • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-2830-5 • PB • $15.00 / £13.99 / 19.95 CAD Holiday Fun: Painting Christmas Gourds. Sammie Crawford. Learn techniques for painting gourds as Christmas ornaments and decorations. Step-by-step instructions and tips for selecting the right gourds to paint and brush to use will ensure your success. 138 color photographs and 11 projects show all the details. The gallery of completed proj- ects will inspire your own ideas for holiday decorat- ing. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 154 color photos & 13 patterns • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-3279-1 • PB • $14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD Coiled Designs for Gourd Art. Catherine Devine. Coiling is a basketry technique used as decoration in gourd art. Step-by-step coiling techniques, as well as pattern designs, help gourd enthusiasts use coiled waxed linen and colored thread to enhance their work. 196 color photos show how to trim a gourd bowl or vase and use coiled threads to add color to your favorite gourds. A special chart will help craft- ers design their own coiling patterns • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 209 color photos • 64 pp. • 978-0- 7643-3011-7 • PB • $14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD Creating Bottles with Gourds and Fiber. Jim Widess. This new DIY guide shows how different forms of fiber have been used to tie a loop around the neck or waist of a gourd, or to weave an intricate basket structure to hold the handle. With more than 350 color images and step-by-step instructions, seven projects are based on water containers from around the world • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •350 color images • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-3866-3 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Creating Gourd Birds with the Fairy Gourd- mother®. Sammie Crawford. The Fairy Gourd- mother® returns with another brilliant step-by-step guide to crafting with gourds, and this time it’s for the birds! Follow along as she walks you through building and decorating twelve feathered friends, from the austere Edgar Allen Crow to a super cute pop-up birdie toy. Ideal for gourders of all ages, this latest how-to is sure to help your gourding skills take flight • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 220+ color photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-3735-2 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Creating Wall Pockets: 10 Gourd Projects to Paint and Hang. Sammie Crawford. Featuring 125 full-color photos, this guide helps beginner and advanced painters alike to create 10 different wall pockets—gourds shaped to form useful, decorative storage on your indoor and outdoor walls. Expert gourd crafter Crawford offers detailed color palettes, supply lists, tips, and step-by-step painting guidance • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 125 color images • 56 pp. •978-0-7643-5020-7•PB•$16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Creative Embellishments for Gourd Art. Mar- ianne Barnes. Through 300 color images and tuto- rials from several contributing artists, see how embellishments can add variety to your gourds. Beads, metal, wire, clay, antlers, and other art me- diums are among the featured items used to give character to a gourd mask, dress up your gourd doll, or add the final touch to your gourd with jewelry • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •300 color images, 33b/w patterns •128pp. •978-0-7643-4492-3•PB•$24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD OTHER CRAFTS | Building Gourd Birdhouses with the Fairy Gourdmother®. Sammie Crawford. Offer your feathered neighbors a handcrafted home with this detailed project book for making and decorating gourd birdhouses and feeders. From a charming hacienda birdhouse, to a wall-mounted house in the shape of a wide-brimmed hat, to a delightfully sarcastic hanging cat’s head birdhouse, birds will flock to nest in your creative backyard subdivisions • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 140 color photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-3736-9 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Chip-Carving Gourds: Advanced Techniques. Marilyn Rehm. See what a gourd and a chisel can make and learn that chip-carving has never been so easy. This step-by-step guide, with 229 color photographs, demonstrates the many ways to decorate a gourd with only the simplest of tools. Includes 10 projects ranging from bowls, birdhous- es, and jewelry to ornaments and a gallery of completed works • 81/2"x11" (215x279mm) •229 color photos • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-3289-0 • PB • $14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD