It was a trip out west that got Dave and Rosie Claus of Naperville interested in turning garden-variety gourds into exquisite works of fine art. "We were in Frisco, Colorado. We were in a little shop ...

First you have to get a gourd. Gourds can be purchased just about anywhere, but here in East Texas we have a gourd farm in West Mountain, near Gilmer. It is called the West Mountain Gourd Farm. There ...

ROCK SPRINGS — The Community Fine Arts Center will change exhibits in late July and welcome Arizona artist Katie Woods. She is sharing her gourd art for the first time in Wyoming and is excited to ...

Gourds have been used to make musical instruments in Africa for centuries. They can be turned into shakers, rattles, or even ...

“Color and imagery dance in my head, asleep or awake,” says artist Whitney Peckman on her Web site. “I cannot live long enough to give expression to all that lies behind my eyes.” Those words convey a ...

Get into the holiday spirit at the San Dieguito Art Guild’s 13th Annual Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 29, from 10 a.m. to ...

When Melynda Lotven moved into her new home off O'Neal Road in Columbia, she found grit-covered gourds in a heap of rubble. They seemed worthless, but with a short soak in hot water and a good ...

Gourd artist Katherine Motley considers art an important part of her life. “It is very nice to have something that you love to do and look forward to other than the grind of day-to-day living,” she ...

Is it an art story? That may depend on how you define “art.” More likely I would call it a “craft” story, or maybe one about “Contemporary Folk” or “Outsider” art. But it is, in its way, also a story ...

A roadside gourd tree offers the only hint of the unusual experiences awaiting visitors who turn in and drive down the lane to Eli Smucker’s Gourd Farm. The farm is the site of the 2011 Pennsylvania ...