"Flutter By" Bird house

The design is pyrographed in and the coloring is watercolor. The gourd background is left it's natural color.  The whole thing is sealed with paste wax. (why can't i get the underline to turn off)

Buffalo Creek

Dried Gourd stained and pyrographed with stone inlay and leather trim.

Spiral

I decided not to post any more of the memorial drawing I'm doing for my sister-in-law until it's done. I thought she needed a surprise too! So here's a gourd I did a year or so ago. The dried gourd's top was cut off at an angle and a tool was used to clean out all the skin and seeds inside. The inside is sprayed with black paint that has glitter in it. Then a whole drilled out of the middle for the dreamcatcher. The design was done with a wood burner. It's called pyrography. The brown you see on the sides and back is wood dye. I sold a lot of different gourds at the farmers market with my mothers help. You'll be seeing more in the next few days until the memorial pic is done.