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- At 4:42pm on June 23, 2012,
Bonnie Adams said… Phyllis, Here are three ways to flatten a gourd bottom to sit straight. This is a tiny excerpt from one of my recent tutorials.
Add three legs so that gourd sits straight. Legs may have to be irregular in size
to make gourd sit properly.
Sand bottom of gourd on large sandpaper disk, stuck to a flat surface, in a
circular motion, until it sits straight
Add a one inch ball of QuikWood or AS(Apoxie Sculpt) to bottom center of gourd.
Press firmly onto a piece of parchment paper on a flat surface and flatten clay
with gourd in straight upright position. Peel parchment paper off after clay is
set up firmly.
- At 7:37pm on March 17, 2012,
Sandra ( Sandy) Phillips said… Phyllis, we need to be friends before I can send you a message. Besides...I would like to be friends :D
- At 4:11pm on December 2, 2011,
Katie Cisco said… Thank you Phyllis...any craft store sells painting magazines, books...tole painting books on ebay..and the patterns are included with the books..You can also google free clipart patterns....Hope this helps you....Katie
- At 2:21pm on November 19, 2011,
Sharon Carl said… I get my ideas from a book I bought on ebay, and the gourd is just a long neck gourd and I made the bottom with paper clay that I made myself. Thanks so much,Sharon
- At 3:42pm on October 21, 2011,
Vickie Seifert said… Hi Phyllis, I found ink in transparent bottles at Dick Blick online. Hope it's what you're looking for.
- At 3:53pm on October 2, 2011,
Grace Gresser said… - You asked on the chat about finding carolers. I just googled Christmas Carolers and a lot of things came up. Try the clip art one. Hope this helps.
- At 12:43pm on September 22, 2011,
Maggie Criss said… - thank you so much Phyllis. these guys are made from the tops of other gourd projects. (throw away nothing) and the heads are jewelry gourds. no patterns, just what ever comes to mind.
- At 3:38pm on September 7, 2011,
Annette Cable Nicholson said… - thank you so much there is a craft store called Micheal's around here that had some amazing beads...I luv my beads ;)
- At 4:45pm on January 6, 2011,
Judy Richie said… - Glad that worked for you. The gourd that I had had been sealed and had sat for years. Usually, acrylics that haven't been on the long and not sealed will come off easier with wet towels. I recycle gourds that haven't sold after awhile. I figure if they haven't sold by then, they just aren't very good. LOL
- At 11:50am on January 6, 2011, Judy Richie said…
- Phyllis, were you the one that asked on "chat" about removing paint from the gourd. I had one that had had acryic paint on it for 5 years. It was too good of a gourd to throw away and the gourd hadn't sold. So, I used Stripez on it. Took the paint right off. Clean it with soap and water. I woodburned my design and did a little bit of carving. Used dyes on it. Entered it in a show and it won a blue ribbon and People's Choice. So, if just water won't take it off, try Strypeez
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