The book offers a creative guide to incorporating antlers into various crafts, including baskets, gourd bowls, floor vases, and masks. With 169 color images and detailed step-by-step instructions, it caters to both beginners and advanced crafters. Twenty unique projects are included, along with a gallery to inspire your own artistic endeavors.
This is the first comprehensive book written on the uses of InLace® resin inlay for gourd artists and wood turners. Chapters present carving techniques in gourds, mixing resin, insetting, sanding, and polishing. Step-by-step directions that can be applied to any gourd and five projects from contributing artists are include, as well as three original designs for the crafter's use. The most common challenges working with resin inlay are addressed and ten gourd artisans and a wood turner share their experiences with this decorative inlay material. An extensive gallery of gourd and wood turned art will inspire readers to add personal touches to their projects. A resource list guides readers to suggested supplies.