Gourds in Motion

Bring new direction and inspiration to your gourd crafts by adding motion.

Using small gourds and easily accessible tools and supplies, learn to make your gourd projects spin, jump, and more!

Gourd art is often stationaryeither elaborately decorated items of beauty or practical toolsand introducing motion breaks the world of gourd crafts wide open.

Written with beginners in mind, as well as offering engineering techniques for expert gourders, gourd expert Mohr offers carefully designed projects that set makers up for success. They shine with inspiration that allows modern gourd crafters to explore new, dynamic, and active avenues for their creative talents.

• Clear instructions and step-by-step photos teach how to generate four basic types of movement in any project: spinning, jumping, up and down, and rise and drop.

• Step-by-step projects include a flock of moving flamingos, kinetic sculptures, a human in a swaying rowboat, spinners that create optical illusions, a duck that waddles complete with flapping sounds, and many more.

• Gives modern gourd crafters eager for new approaches innovative, motion-based concepts and projects.

<[AuthorName]By C. Angela Mohr[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]C. Angela Mohr is a member of the American Gourd Society and is on the board of directors of both the Virginia Lovers’ Gourd Society and the Guild of American Papercutters. She teaches in the Shenandoah River valley of Virginia.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]160 color images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Simple Techniques to Make Gourd Projects Move[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]160 color images[/ColorPattern]