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Bold, Bright, & Beautiful. Colored with ink dyes, carved to highlight the design, and embellished with a mule deer antler and woven pine needles. This gourd makes a stunning statement in any room! Note: if you know a hunter that collects antlers, this makes a...

This gourd was designed and created specifically as a donation to the Boulder County Hospice fundraiser. The requirement was to provide an item that had an African theme. The pattern was burned into the skin of the gourd, and then colored with ink dyes. The...

Whimsical, silly, fun, and funky. The bird herd is designed to make folks laugh!

This bowl was created especially for my stepson, an avid fisherman.

The pattern on this gourd looked like seaweed. What else could I paint but fish?! Bright ink dyes for color and red glass seed beads embellishing the rim make this a very special and fun addition to any décor.

Geometry is so precise and so structured, that I named this gourd in fun. It is an assymetrical study in geometric shapes. The pattern was burned into the gourd, the color is ink dyes, and it has been embellished with fine gold wire. It is...

Every now and then you find a gourd that has a natural pattern that is so beautiful I just can’t put my own pattern on it! This is one of them! Embellished with pine needle coiling on the rim and a jasper bead.

Gourds make wonderful holiday vessels! Here is a sampling. If you would like to order something similar, please contact me for pricing. Please allow 30 days for these special orders and shipping.

It’s not too early to start thinking about the holidays! Here is the first holiday-themed bowl, ready to go! It will look great in an entryway filled with pinecones and cinnamon sticks or small pine boughs. It would also make a nice bowl to hold...

Very festive! Perfect filled with potpourri! Wrapped mints would be great, too, or mini candy canes. It would also look pretty filled with greens to jazz up a bathroom or small area that just needed a bit of holiday festivity!

I generally don’t paint animals on gourds, but I raise llamas … so I occasionally paint llamas on gourds for friends and as show prizes.

Mandela

It’s not often you find a matched set of deer antlers, but here they are atop this gourd! They are attached by being woven into pine needle coiling. The pattern on the gourd is burned into the skin, the colored with ink dyes. It measures...

Welcome fall with this 12-inch beauty! Colored with ink dyes, and carved around each leaf. The top is embellished with an acorn cap! This specific item has been sold, but a similar gourd can be custom created and you can choose your favorite color and...

These gourds were all designed with pinecone patterns and the rims are woven coiled pine needles.

Pretty as can be! This would make a great bowl for potpourri, pens, business cards, anything!

The pattern was carved into the dyed black gourd and the rim is embellished with glass beads.

Red Hot! Would make a statement anywhere filled with potpourri or business cards or pens! Ink dyes for color, glass beads embellish the rim.

Wow. Color that pops! This is a big gourd, measuring approximately 18 inches across and high. It is colored with ink dye and the antler is woven onto the rim with coiled pine needles. Note: if you know a hunter that collects antlers, this makes...