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Created to educate and inform both beginners and advanced artisans of our gourd craft.  We hope to keep you up to date on latest crafts and the best gourd craft tools on the market.  The information and links within should help advance your own skill as well as promote the craft to others.  We hope to be a unique home of gourd information, ranging from gourd tool recommendations, books, as well as a place to find upcoming events and festivals.


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How to Make a Gourd Lamp or Luminary

How to Make Your own Gourd Lamp or Gourd Luminary

Gourd Lamp

Of all the projects we've seen - one of the favorites has got to be the gourd lamp or gourd luminary if you prefer.  Seeing the gourd lamp light up a room is something to be seen if you've not had the pleasure of seeing one up close.  It really is breathtaking.  In this article we will walk you through how to make a gourd lamp. The size, style, and scope of the lamp is at the sole discretion of the artist without any real limitations as to what can be done.  A mix of hand tools and power tools can be used, as well as variety of light sources.  This can be a great gourdpatch project that, if seen through completion, could be used as a fundraiser, if your patch was willing to part with their works of art.
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