Wax on Gourds

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Gourds offer great surfaces to decorate, and this step-by-stepbook reveals the design boost you can give yourgourd projects by using crayons as an economical source of wax.With over 340 detailed photos, in her popular how-to style MiriamJoy explains the inexpensive materials needed and the basic steps of the low-cost, high-impactwax design technique. Next are step-by-step instructions for four examples of creative wax-techniquedesigns on gourds, plus four stunning rim treatments. By using these as your startingpoint, you can create unlimitedgourd artworks of your ownall featuring low-cost, high-impactwax design technique. Projects range from the “Midnight Fern”gourd with a crocheted beaded ruffle, to the colorful “Flowers in theJungle” gourd with a simpleshell rim, to the “Blue Horizons” gourd featuring a unique coiled Arrowhead Points rim. Plus, using wax, learn how to make faux stonesto decorate any project.[AuthorName]By Miriam Joy[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Miriam Joy is a professional artist, author, teacher,designer, and inventor, published photographer, filmmaker, andmotivational speaker. Her home is in the Arizona mountainswhere she is inspired by the Navajo people and the beauty of the high desert.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]341 color images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Decorative Techniques for Transforming Gourds & Rims[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]341 color images[/ColorPattern]