Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 6—For more than 20 years, Danny Collins has been living what could be described as the gourd life. Since about 2000, Collins ...

FALLBROOK — The art of painting, carving and decoratinginedible gourds is on display during June in Fallbrook, as thedowntown art center hosts a monthlong show leading up to the 13thannual Gourd ...

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; through April 27; artists’ reception 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 12; First Sunday in the Villages ARTScrawl noon to 2 p.m.

Sheila Abbott didn't want to use hand-crafted gourds just for winter centerpieces and baskets. The Spartanburg County artist creates colorful lighthouses, ladybugs, swans and other items with the ...

Friends Gloria Gay and Jeanie Dierwechter share a common bond: They love gourds. Both are members of the Pennsylvania Gourd Society, represent the organization every year at the Pennsylvania Farm Show ...

In an annual rite of autumn, anyone can carve a pumpkin. But gourds? That requires patience and a passion that goes far beyond Halloween. Ask any serious “gourder.” This curious vine has wrapped ...

When you pick up a dried gourd, you feel a cool hardness and a mysterious sense of presence in its unique, constricted ...

The unassuming gourd is anything but humble in the hands of artists such as John “Duke” Pointek, who saws, sands, drills and dresses up the hard-shelled fruit into stunning shapes that delight both ...

What’s the difference between a gourd and a squash? A gourd is inedible; a squash is tasty. A gourd dries out in the sun; a squash rots. And the Marion County Gourd Artists wouldn’t spend hours ...

Their gourds tell a story — and earn them a living. That gourd in the photo — the one on the left? It is covered with miniature pictures of a potato harvest in Peru. There's even a wee burro hauling ...