The Visalia Art League hosts the next artist lecture series from 3-5 p.m. Saturday at Arts Visalia. The lecture features a presentation by gourd artist/basket weaver Toni Best. The artist’s ...

Wang Dekun, a folk artist from Xiajin county, Shandong province, has a deep passion for gourd pyrography and is recognized as an inheritor of this art in his region. With his skilled hands, he ...

The Central California Gourders will be hosting Gloria Crane, a Gourd Artist from Southern California for three full days of classes May 29-31 on the Garrison Farm north of Visalia. She will share new ...

At first, they might seem an odd couple: a French designer known for her avant-garde haircut and playful use of color, and a group of Zimbabwean women known for their basket-weaving virtuosity. But ...

Traditional folk cultural events have helped to pack in visitors to rural areas in Guanxian county, Liaocheng city, Shandong province, during Spring Festival. More than 80,000 visitors, including ...

Diane Werblo commands the room wielding a green pen and sitting atop a metal folding chair throne. Purses, annotated pages and a clipboard litter the tables around her. She navigates to the ...

Gourd enthusiasts from across Pennsylvania, and beyond, gathered at the Lebanon Expo Center near Lebanon for the Pennsylvania Gourd Society’s annual Pennsylvania Gourd Gathering. The event, which is ...

I used : beads : 11mm ( Cat's eye stone ) 4mm, 6mm, 8mm crystal beads Soft copper wire 18 gauge ( wire diameter 1mm ) : 3 strands, each 6cm ( about 2,4 inch) 26 gauge ( wire diameter 0.4mm ) : 3 ...

Their gourds tell a story — and earn them a living. That gourd in the photo — the one on the left? It is covered with miniature pictures of a potato harvest in Peru. There's even a wee burro hauling ...