An inheritor carves a gourd pyrography piece featuring a dragon. [Photo by Li Dandan for chinadaily.com.cn] The studio of Si Chun'e, an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of the gourd ...

Gourd art, like this piece from the Wisconsin Gourd Society, pushes the boundaries of craftsmanship by using this non-traditional artistic medium.[/media-credit] The potential for a gourd extends far ...

Niu Chengguo has carried a flame for the craft of gourd pyrography since childhood and is trying to help the intangible cultural heritage to find its place in the new era. Niu Chengguo was beyond ...

Over the past 20 years, 65-year-old Xue Gailian has used pyrography－a form of intangible cultural heritage in Shanxi province－to decorate gourds and help fellow villagers make money. Two decades ago, ...

Wang Hongmiao records a video of his gourd pyrography works in a bid to promote his works on the internet at his home in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 4, 2019. Wang Hongmiao, a ...

There will be gourd crafting workshops and demonstrations available throughout the three-day event. Some techniques used in crafting gourds are pyrography, pine needle weaving, silk dyes, acrylic ...

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.

Hallettsville artists Roy and Blanche Cavarretta have each won first-place awards at the August Lone Star Gourd Festival in New Braunfels. Blanche won two first-place and two second-place awards in ...

Baldwin resident Susan Zanella has made a name creating art from an unlikely source — dried gourds. We talk with her about what drew her to this unusual art form. Anything you can do with soft woods.

This is the season when autumnal displays surround us. Decorative gourds seem to appear overnight, as if beamed down from an alien spacecraft: striped, speckled, warted, and winged. Bright bursts of ...

Wang Hongmiao works on a gourd pyrography handicraft at his home in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 4, 2019. Wang Hongmiao, a 57-year-old self-taught craftsman, has made over 1,000 ...