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Mountain Maples Relief Carved in a Gourd
A carved gourd bowl. Yes, it is a bowl. I hid the lid carefully by cutting it out along the lines of the leaves. All the leaves are maple leaves found here in Utah. It is colored with Minwax oil-based stains. I did this so the natural characteristics of the gourd can show through. These stains are also not UV sensitive. I chose them partly for this fact. I do not wan the colors to fade easily which can happen with many other coloring methods used on gourds. I also shose this method because I did not want to use paint which so many other people use.
Mountain Maples Relief Carved in a Gourd
A carved gourd bowl. Yes, it is a bowl. I hid the lid carefully by cutting it out along the lines of the leaves. All the leaves are maple leaves found here in Utah. It is colored with Minwax oil-based stains. I did this so the natural characteristics of the gourd can show through. These stains are also not UV sensitive. I chose them partly for this fact. I do not wan the colors to fade easily which can happen with many other coloring methods used on gourds. I also shose this method because I did not want to use paint which so many other people use.