Uncle Raymond would appreciate this
August 24th, 2011 @ 17:31
Posted by: Jimmie
Calabarte makes lamps from gourds. Intricate and beautiful, they cast a complex pattern of light.
Ray loved gourds and thought them to be a perfect bridge between art and utility. We still have seeds for the gourd patch he and John planned so carefully. I want to make something with gourds, but haven’t found the right idea yet. I hope my idea comes as an extension of the gourd, like a natural step in gourd evolution.
But what would that be?
It could hold a bath set – loofa , soap, etc., but could be hung as art when the products are used. Or be a hat (image cannot be expressed in words – will try to draw later). It could be stuck with dowels like a porcupine & hold jewelry (I think it’s been done, but hey, everything has probably been done by someone, somewhere!)
Ouch.
If your leg falls asleep is your body trying to tell you that your post is too long?
Okay.
It could be a lovely box. Perfect to hold someone’s ashes. We’ve got some of Raymond’s in a mason jar in the living room. That’s almost as good as a gourd.
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August 25th, 2011 11:13
The different varieties of gourds are fun to grow. Plant seeds and jump back. If the vines have something to grow on, in no time you will have your own little house of horrors as the vines are huge. If you stand still long enough they will wrap around you like boa constictors. One evening about dusk I was walking between two walls of gourds and walked smack into a big fat spider web. I flailed around getting the spider and the web off of me, knocking my glasses off. I used a flashlight later that evening and found them 30 feet away. We make hanging planters out of the gourds we grow.