Lynchburg, VA- A Lynchburg artist calls himself "The Gourd Father". He transforms gourds into original works of art. Mike Connelly was first inspired to work with gourds after he bought a gourd bird ...

Gourds are his livelihood now, the straw-hatted entrepreneur told the V.I.P.ers while leaning casually in the doorway of his shop. He said it all started more than 15 years ago when a man from ...