Download or read book Complete Book of Gourd Carving written by Jim Widess and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the tools and techniques needed for gourd carving, accompanied by projects that advance in difficulty. Includes information on how to choose and prepare a gourd, impress the surface with a design, and work with green gourds, along with methods of decorative carving such as fretwork, engraving, chip carving, carving with gouges, relief carving, inlay, and deep relief or sculptural carving.