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- Gourds
Education about gourds, the 3d art canvas the gourd ID chart, tutorials, hand pollination, gourd crafts and the Gourd Artists
- TGR Associate Store
The associate store featuring hundreds of thousands of products.
- Free Desktop Images
Free desktop images for your computer.
- Gourd Safety
Gourd safety, when working with gourds you should always protect your self from breathing in gourd dust and mold that grows on gourds.
- Growing Gourds
Get some tips and tricks to insure a successful growing season. Which gourds to grow, how to tend your gourds, and get the best crop possible for your area.
- Garden Tillers
it is important to a good garden tillers in your garden before planting your seeds, especially if you grew gourds last year. This will kill the majority of the cucumber beetles from exposure.
- What Gourd to Grow in Your Area
Every area of the country is different. Large kettle gourds cannot grow in Alaska, Gourds are warm weather vines and therefore need a warmer growing season. Here are some guidelines to help you decide what gourds might grow in your area.
- Seed Germination
seed germination: If you are growing gourds, here is how to get your gourd seeds started. If you wish to pre-germinate your seeds, here are some tips on how to get successful seen germination.
Gourd History
How have gourds played a role in man kind? With research and contribution of our readers, we are building a history of gourds frm ancient man to modern times.
- The Purple Martin and the Gourd
The Purple Martin is one bird who's mere existance is today nearly totally dependant on man to supply a nesting place for them, and they most commonly accept a large gourd which has been named after the bird, the Purple Martin Gourd. This gourd is so preferred by Purple Martins that companies now manufacture plastic Purple Martin bird houses molded in the shape of this gourd. How could these birds have come to this dependency?
- Native American Uses
Submitted by Scott Nelson, this page lists some of the uses of Gourds by different Native American Tribes.
- Native Water Wings
some history on gourds and their uses through the century. These gourds were used as water wings, or a safety floatation device.
- Gourd Whistle / Ocarina
Native American and Hawaiians alike made musical instruments out of gourds including the gourd whistle, gourd flute and gourd ocarina.
- Gourd Utensils
long before we had plastics and molding machins, we had gourds, and many gourd utensils were made to make life easier in a very similar way to that of modern day materials make utensils.
- Gourd Strainer or Skimmer
Today we have colendars and strainers, but in ages past we had those too. Here is a gourd strainer that might have been used to pour grease or fat off the top of water or gravy. It could also be used for removing water from solids and other straining and filtering uses.
- gourd purse
Native Americans had a version of a gourd purse as well as we do today. Although not as artistic, they were very functionsl. Gourd purses and gourd carry-alls had a large hole for reaching in and they were deep enough to carry their important stuff.
New Gourd Project
New Gourd Projects can be found here as we journalize the makeing of a piece of gourd art. Check back daily to watch the progression, get a feel for the time and patience we spend.
- Gourd woodburning
Gourd Woodburning, and place where I will detail day by day the woodburning progress of my latest project. Join in and watch the project proceed.
- Project Tools Needed
what you will need in order to create this gourd trinket box. This will be updated as I use more pens and/or supplies in the making of this trinket box.
- Colorado Trinket Box day 1
The Colorado trinket Box day one. beginning with sketching the design, woodburning the pasic outlines, woodburning the sky, selecting the right pyrographic nib for the trees and burning the first tree.
- Colorado Trinket box day 2
Day two, burning the second tree, and creating a forest. Also started an elk in the foreground.
- Colorado Trinket box day 3
Day three, Completing the elk and beginning some of the distant mountains.
- Colorado Trinket box day 4
colorado trinket box day 4, the nearest background mountains have begun.
- Colorado Trinket Box day 5
Gourd pyrography, the Colorado trinket box Day five, giving some dimension and depth to the mountains.
- Colorado Trinket Box day 6
A message from the doctor...
- Gourd Cactus Planter
The Gourd Cactus planter, delayed due to moving and damage caused by the move.
- Gourd Cactus Planter Day 1
The Gourd Cactus Planter project day 1. On day 1 the gourd is cut and cleaned on the inside, design cuts are made and fitting of pieces finalized. Some work will be done in the evening, but that will be journalized on day 2.
- Gourd Cactus Planter day 2
The cactus planter was glued late yesterday afternoon, and allowed to set overnight and until afternoon today. Today it is putty filled and sanded, sprayed and sanded again.
- Gourd Cactus Planter day 3
Day 3 is actually day 3-10. Unfortunately where we live I have to work outside as we do not have a garage or area indoors suitable for spraying paints, so with a week long cold snap, I've been on an unwanted stall.
Educational
Educational resources for gourd growing, gourd cleaning and gourd crafting. Educational resource pages include two gourd id charts, and information about molds.
- TGR Gourd ID Chart
Identify 30+ varieties of Lagenaria gourds with our finely drawn digital Gourd Chart. This chart has been featured in The American Gourd Societies The Gourd and the Through the Gourdvine publication.
- Tim Moyers Gourd Chart
The original chart drawn by Tim Moyers for The AGS in 1992. This chart also has been featured in The AGS Publication.
- The Gourd Report 1
Gourd cleaning experiments including green cleaning and oven baked to speed up the drying process, and rot cleaning, along with examples and guidelines of what works and what doesn't.
- Rotting gourds updated
Rot cleaning gourds made cleaner and more odor free.
- The Gourd Report 2
Growing gourds, from the problems like cucumber beetles, to increasing the vines pruductivity through pruning. Make the most of your gardening this year.
- Insecticides - Cucumber Beetle Control
Insecticides: Cucumber beetles are our enemy #1 insect, however are they that devastating? They can be. Learn a little about the Cucumber beetle control.
- Organic Insect Control
how to control your cucumber beetle population and damage by using organic insect control.
- Organic Fertilizer
grow healthy vines through green fertilizing, AKA organic fertilizer. It is safe for your plants as well as the environment, your plants will be healthier and happier, and you will be satisfied with your crop.
- Diseases
Gourd diseases can kill a crop. Although they are uncommon, every year many people confuse other things as a potential disease. Learn more here...
- Lagenaria vs. Cucurbits
a look at the differences between and cucurbits and lagenaria gourds including the question of cross pollination.
- Pruning the Gourd Vine
You can actually begint the fruiting process and increase the lateral growth by pruning your gourd vine.
- Pruning the Fruit
You can also encourage more fruit production by pruning off the first fruits of the vine.
- Designer Gourds - cross pollination
designer gourds, How about designing your own gourd? Do you wish you had a larger bottle gourd or perhaps a smaller kettle? You can move in that direction through cross pollination.
- Gourd Flowers
Drawing by Tim moyers showing the male and female gourd flowers for identification purposes.
- Hand Pollination
If you go shopping for a particular type of seed, it is frustrating and a season is lost if the seed does not grow the variety you wanted. Insure your future seeds will grow what you intend to grow.
- Harvest Season
fall is harvest season for gourds, harvest you gourds with care.
- Storing Harvested Gourds
use care in storing your harvested gourds, do not store them in your home or garage.
- Mold and Our Family
we lived in a moldy house, this is the story of what we went through, and are still fighting the effects today.
- Drying
Learn different methods of drying gourds. Before you can craft them, they must be clean and dry. They can dry naturally or they can be green cleaned which speeds up the drying .
- Cleaning
Cleaning in preparation for crating. Be sure to handle your gourd carefully before and during the cleaning process to avoid breathing the mold and dust.
- Molds
Molds are common, but little is known about molds as far as health is concerned. In growing and curing gourds, mold is a common issue, and one you should be aware of and treat with caution if you intend on growing and crafting. Mold is natures recycler, but the last thing you want is for your body to experience stages of decomposition before your time!
- Mold, A Comprehensive Look
Molds are common in the world, it is what turns bio mass back into mineral substance, in otherwords the recycling process.
- Mold, What is it?
A Brief general description of mold.
- Mold Types
There are many varieties of mold, in fact depending on where you read, you can find figures from 50,000 to in excess of 200,000 different varieties of molds. There are general species, and then varieties within those specie, just like canines include everything from wolves to Pomeranians. Similarily, there are a wide variety of mold families like Stachybotris, but there may be 20,000 varieties of Stachy.
- Handling Molds
Please use caution when handling molds, even mold on a gourd. There are some rules of thumb to follow, damp it down, wear a respirator, etc.
- The Mold Dichotomy
There is a definite Dichotomy or difference of opinions between those of our legislative and general medical establishment from the insights and evidence of those involved in research of Fungalbionics. For the sake of time and space, this section is focused primarily on Stachybotrys Chartarum, although similar dichotomies seems to exist for other toxic molds as well......
- Air Purification Devices
There are several type of Air Purifiers that can be helpful or beneficial for your indoor air quality. Some systems may be really good, others may be harmful. We recommend before deciding which air purifier you might choose to buy that you look at some of the options available and the pro's and con's for the different types.
- Mold Summary
Mold, the Buzz word of the 21st century. It is so common, and mold related, sick building related issues seem to be more and more a common occurance these days, yet it seems to be the realtively new kid on the block. That being the case, it also seems to be the most under studied, under researched, and under estimated of health issues out there today.
- Mold Resources
Mold Resources, informational materials on mold and health issues.
- Our Mold Story
What mold can do to your health and the health of your family. This is our story of our experience of living in a house that was growing mold inside the walls where it could not be seen and it grew unknown to us.
- Trinket Box Tutorial
Using the defining shape of bottle gourds, in this case a Japanese Hyakunari, we show you how to create a Trinket Box complete with a catch ring lid.
- Reshaping Pieces
Using the same or similar techniques to bending wood, we have shown our process of creating flat pieces for the Gourd Quilt project. We have used the same or similar techniques to bend pieces to make lid slip bands and more.
- Gourd Photography
Tips and inexpensive equiptment for gourd photography or craft items without the use of expensive studio equipment or the costly fee's of a professional photographer.
- large photo
Enlargement of the picture as seen on the previous page
YouTube Videos
Google YouTube Videos both gourd related and just some fun videos.
Gourdlings
A section of the web site gear toward and around our children. Children and grand children of gourd crafters like to color, draw on, paint, and craft gourds too, this section is for them.
Galleries
Photo galleries of everything from gourd art to drawings, and even photography, also includes the Gourd Artists Showcase featuring the artwork of Gourd Artists around the world.
- Gourd Artists Showcase
A virtual museum of Gourd Artists from around the world. A place where the many artforms come together, woodcarving, chip carving, woodburning, paints and pencil, pine needle coiling and staining, and the one common bond between all these forms and all the artists represented here is Gourds.
- Allen, Lori
gourd art of lori allen
- Ardee
Gourd art by Ardee
- Auxier, Cindy
Gourd art by Cindy Auxier
- Avery, Jenn
gourd art by Jenn Avery
- Bacon, Georgette
Gourd art by Georgette Bacon
- Barnes, Marianne
gourd art by Marianne Barnes
- Bishop, Gerri
gourd art by Gerri Bishop
- Blackwell, Joan
gourd art by Joan Blackwell
- Bloom, Martha
gourd art by Martha Bloom
- Brand, Stella
gourd art by Stella Brand
- Bruner, Jeanne
Gourd art by Jeanne Bruner
- Byra, Susan T.
gourd art by Susan T. Byra
- C, Joey
Gourd art byJoey C
- Calamia, Janie
gourd art by Janie Calamia
- Carpenter, Barbara
- Chorpenning, Casey
gourd art by Casey Chorpenning
- Conley, Russ
gourd art by Russ Conley
- Craig, Andrew
gourd art by Andrew Craig
- Driussi-Yaber, Mary
gourd art by Mary Driusi-Yaber
- Erhart, Melissa K.
gourd art by Mellisa K. Erhart
- Fahey, Mary
gourd art by mary fahey
- Fontanilla, Patty
gourd art images of Patty Hubert Fontanilla
- Forbes, Rhoda
gourd art by Rhoda Forbes
- French, Michele
gourd art by Michelle french
- Gholson, Denny
gourd art by Denny Gholson
- Groff, Claire
gourd art by Claire Groff
- Hall, Jackie
gourd art by Jackie Hall
- Hittner, Mariellen
gourd art by Marriellen Hettner
- Hundt-Brown, Karen
gourd art by Karen Hundt-Brown
- Hutchins, Sandra
gourd art by Sandra Hutchins
- Hutchinson, Roxann
gourd art by Roxann Hutchinson
- Jackson, Joy
gourd art by Joy Jackson
- Jones, Sarah
gourd art by Sarah Jones
- Jordan, Margie
Gourd Art by Margie Jordan
- Jurow, Julie
gourd art by Julie Jurow
- La Rue, Delbert
gourd art by Delbert La Rue
- Lee, Cindy
gourd art by Cindy Lee
- Levesque, Susan
Gourd art by susan levesque
- Lincoln-Kent, Jeanne
Gourd art by Jeanne Lincoln-Kent
- Lockey, Dusti
gourd art by Dusti Lockey
- Martin, Hellen M.
gourd art by Hellen Martin
- Minshew, Fran
gourd art by Fran Minshew
- Navarrete, Selena
gourd art by Selena Navarrete
- Nicolaci, Diane
gourd art by Diane Nicolaci
- Pawlik, Chris
Gourd art by Chris Pawlik
- Peoples, Bill
gourd art by Bill Peoples
- Philbeck, Rowena
gourd art by Rowena Philbeck
- Propp, Darlene
gourd art by Darlene Propp
- Ray, Larry
gourd art by Larry Ray
- Reed, Leah
gourd art by Leah Reed
- Richie, Judy
gourd art by Judy Richie
- Shilo
gourd art by Shilo
- Simpson, Sam
gourd art by Sam Simpson
- Small, Gloria
gourd art by gloria small
- Sorensen, Patty
- Thames, Jeannine
gourd art by Jeannine Thames
- Toth, Jeri
- Van Campen, Susan
gourd art by Susan van Campen
- Vollstedt, Christina
gourd art by Christina Vollstedt
- Watkins, Catherine
gourd art by Catherine Watkins
- Weller, Jane
gourd art by Jane Weller
- Wells, Cathy "Out-of-My-Gourd"
gourd art by Cathy Wells
- Williams, Denise
The Gourd Reserve presents the fine artwork of Denise Williams.
- Williams, Lillian
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- Gourd Pyrography
Gourd pyrography: Woodburning is my favorite medium, it is challenging, yet simple it delivers a full image, yet appears sepia.
- galwb Old Farm Trinket box
I love the past, there is a rich heritage, and this gourd is my reflection of that heritage of days gone by.
- galwb Fossil Gourd
Another Trinket box, or maybe a change box for some archaeologist out there.
- galwb 57 pick-up
How about a '57 Chevy pick-up. In need of restoration in front of an old farm outbuilding.
- galwb outhouse
Nothing like an old country scene, this is an outhouse... on a hill. The tree probably provided shade and cover for that old outhouse.
- galwb 1957 Chevy Bel Air
A Christmas Present for my Brother-in-Law, a gourd box with his first car wood burned in.
- galwb 1957 Corvette
My favorite car, entered in the Ohio Show, my rendition of a car that looks very much like a '57 Corvette.
- galwb cobblestone house bird feeder
This is a bird feeder, done like a cobblestone house. Took 1st place in the Ohio show, 2003
- galwb Calvary Gourd
- galwb Hook 'N Ladder Gourd
- galwb Floral vase gourd
The very first piece of wood burning I ever did. This was done with a Walmart wood burner, I made my own temperature control for it so I could get shading.
- galwb my first pattern gourd
One of my first pattern gourds, given as a gourd exchange
- galwb Egyptian box
- galwb Drum lace Gourd
Another pattern gourd, just playing and trying to fill in the blanks.
- galwb Butterflies and Vines
- galwb picture frame gourd
- galwb Gourd Quilt Tile
Quilt tile by Dan dunkin for the international gourd quilt project.
- galwb Mushroom Forest
- galwb RA gourd trinket box
- painted gourds
these are gourds that have been painted and some combine prismacolor pencil as well.
- Airbrush
- Prismacolor - canvas
- Digital Art
- Our Gourd Exchanges
Gourd Exchanges are fun, if you've never participated in one here's how they work. Everyone in the Email group who would like to participate in the exchange puts their name in. Someone then draws names for each person so everyone will have an exchange partner, Each person that joins the gourd exchange must craft or do their artwork on a gourd to send to their exchange partner, .but the partner does not know who is making a gourd for them until it is sent or received.
- Spring 2006
When we think of spring time, we think of flowers blooming and birds returning home, so four The Gourd Reserve's First Gourd Exchange in our Email group, we decided to do something related to birds, so these gourds are bird feeders and bird houses.
- 2007 Mini Exchange
Winter time, a time of snow, Christmas tree's, and ornaments. Speaking of ornaments, this exchange revolves around "Mini" Gourds. Mini Gourds are generally considered 3 inches or smaller in height. many think that being small makes them relatively easy to craft, but tiny gourds many times means tiny details and limitations on what your trying to create. This is a great excercise and was great fun. Check out how these creative gourd artists approach this challenge.
- Garden
- Hometown Pics
From our farm in Indiana here are some interesting pictures to share. not necessarily gourd related, but just pretty pictures to enjoy.
- Mr Toothy Gourd
Some gourds have a slick surface, others have what is called a toothy surface. This Toothy surface is what brought about the birth of Mr Toothy Gourd.
- Exchange Gourds
Gourds we've received through gourd group exchanges. This is a fun way to share a little of yourself, and collect the artwork of others at the same time.
Products
gourds and tools for crafting gourds
- Gourd art on ebay
gourd art for sale on ebay
- Razertip Woodburning Pens
Razertip Professional Woodburning pens, the choice woodburning pen of The Gourd Reserve. Great features, great pens, & binding post pen with wire tips are economical. This is Dan's ONLY pen he uses for his woodburned gourds.
- Gourd Stationery
Black and white Gourd Stationery for the discerning Gourd Artist. Now at new reduced prices, you can purchase the file and print out your own stationery for life.
- Gourd & Art books
Pyroengraved, (woodburned) gourd art by Dan Dunkin of The Gourd Reserve available for sale. Each gourd is grown and crafted here in America, and each one is done with care and patience.
- Sanding tools
special tools for sanding curved surfaces and small places on gourds.
- Specialized Finishes
finishes to protect your finished gourd art.
- All Wood Finish Products
all wood finish and gourd finish products
Hiro Portable Photo Studio
Take a photo studio with you to the gourd, art and craft shows. Great for in home, the office, or on the road.
Branding Irons
branding irons for gourd pyrography.
Web Hosting
The Gourd Reserve proudly offers web hosting of small websites for artists and individuals, as well as web design at an inexpensive and affordable price.
Support The Gourd Reserve
Electronic Sales
Electronics Sales is a group of web pages featuring sale itms on electronics.
Our Affiliates
the gourd reserve's affiliate stores
TGR Shopping Mall
for visitors to come and shop, one convenient place for all your shopping needs.
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Golden Gourd Award
every artist out there who has descovered gourds as their medium and loves them deserves a golden gourd award.
Links
- Other Gourd links
Gourd websites, featuring friends, artists, and dealers of gourd tools and supplies.
- Gourd Societies
Gourd Society websites, containing the American gourd society as well as many local state gourd societies.
- Our other websites
Our other websites including several forum sites for homeschooling and a host of other activities and information.
Associated Content Articles
Not only do we maintain this website and others, I also enjoy writing. Here are some gourd related articles, as well as a link to my Associated Content Producer page which has links to many more articles.
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