You might ask yourself what gourds and silk painting have in common so let me tell you. My mother recently gave me a book from her collection of arts and crafts resources called Gourd Crafts by Marilynn Host.
On pages 104-106 there is a series of photos of gourd bowls done in southwest designs. Now, I lived in the southwest for nearly 17 years and still miss it. When I saw these designs it brought back a lot of my memories of my time there. And as I sat admiring the book, I got an idea for a scarf and proceeded to paint the one below. I used a gold gutta which you can just barely detect in this photo...in person it has a wonderful look! And as you can see this is a contemporary - almost abstract - design with just a hint of southwest in it.
I also have a small silk bag that I painted in a bit more traditional southwest design.
Another design I would like to try is something like this gourd.
If you would like to research gourd crafts and carving for yourself Google Books has this book and many others like it for sale. http://books.google.com/ebooks
Marilynn Host's Book is ISBN 0-8069-4423-4
Enjoy!
Janet
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