Packed and ready to go - Sydney- Singapore-Helsinki- Manchester UK
Last week, I rediscovered a few gourds "drying" in our garage... In fact, I was searching for them after doing a doll making workshop where we transformed gourds into doll bodies, with the addition of polymer clay and apoxie sculpt. I have researched a little to identify the gourds I have - they seem closest to the water jug shape gourds. The gourds we used in the workshop were Chinese bottle gourds. my gourd doll - a flower child /hippy fiddler? Workshop dolls - Christmas sprite by Jane Lambert , and my doll Flower doll also completed in the workshop by Lee Hennequin Balloon seller - gourd art doll by tutor, Janice Laurent Working with gourds made me very curious about the history and cultivation of gourds. A gourd is a plant of the family Cucurbitaceae or the fruit of the two genera of "calabash tree" . The term refers to a number of species and subspecies, many with hard shells, and some witho...
Dead jealous, could do with a trip home. Have a wonderful time.
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