Gourd Woodburning
I Love woodburning, (Pyrography), especially on gourds. I have tried several different types of pictures and images, and even patterns on Gourds with Pyrography as well as color acrylics and pencil, but I always come back to the woodburning, and I always come back to a certain type of picture. I think it is because of the tan color of the gourd, with black and shades of brown/black there is a certain type of Sepia feel to it, like an old-time photograph. For this reason, I find myself drawn to country and old farm scenery, country settings, and even my Fossil Gourd has a certain feel to it, giving it a sort of antiquity of its own. – Dan Dunkin
Old Farm Trinket boxSomething about walking old cemeteries and old farms. If you listen carefully, you almost get the feeling you can hear the voices and sounds of people playing and working. I love the past, there is a rich heritage, and this gourd is my reflection of that heritage of days gone by.
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Fossil GourdAnother Trinket box, or maybe a change box for some archaeologist out there. 🙂 |
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’57 Chevy TruckHow about a ’57 pickup. In need of restoration in front of an old farm outbuilding.
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The OuthouseNothing like an old country scene, this is an outhouse… on a hill. The tree probably provided shade and cover for that old outhouse. |
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1957 Chevy Bel AirA Christmas Present for my Brother-in-Law, a gourd box with his first car wood burned in. My rendition of a car that looks very much like a 1957 Chevy Bel Air.
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1957 CorvetteMy favorite car, entered in the Ohio Show, my rendition of a car that looks very much like a ’57 Corvette
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Cobble Stone bird feederThis is a bird feeder, done like a cobblestone house. Took 1st place in the Ohio show, 2003
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Calvary Gourd Trinket BoxCalvary, wood burned and Prismacolor pencil. |
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Pattern GourdHook ‘N Ladder, wood burn style
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Floral Vase GourdThe 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. The stock pen burns on contact.
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Another Pattern GourdOne of my first pattern gourds, given as a gourd exchange.
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Egyptian Gourd BoxEgypt, and Egyptian box, the lid is cut along one of the dark wood burned lines, and an insert ring was made from a piece of snake gourd that was boiled and formed to fit. Given as a gift to a friend. 1st Place Ohio 2003 |
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Drum Lace PatternAnother pattern gourd
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Butterflies and VinesYou might not see the pattern work in this gourd, but utilizing what I learned doing pattern gourds, I applied some of the concepts to this gourd
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Gourd Picture FrameThis was a picture frame for our daughter and her fiance for her High School Prom pic.
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Gourd Quilt TileDan’s contribution to the Gourd Quilt Project
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Mushroom ForestThis is the second wood burning project I ever worked on, this one also was done using the Wal Mart cheapie.
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RA Gourd Trinket BoxSelf-explanatory, a sun…. RA, as in Do Ra Me Fa So La Ti Do… Ra a drop of golden sun.
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