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Gallery III
Creatures, Great and Small
Indonesian Bottle gourd designed with an Art Deco neck done in pyrography only.  Tiger cub, hummingbird, and rabbit are pyro with acrylics and permanent inks.
Merlin's "Seeing" Stone - canteen with pyrography and imbedded Russian Serpentine cabochon



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Award Winners - 2009 Georgia Gourd Society Show
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Let Freedom Ring

Large Indonesian Bottle gourd done entirely in pyrography.  Blue Ribbon Winner - Pyrography Category, Masters Division, Georgia Gourd Show 2009
Graceful Fushcias in Pewter - Bushel gourd with Apoxie Clay sculpture and silver patina paint.  Blue Ribbon Winner - Floral Category, Masters DivisionKnots and Stitches - Bottle gourd with pyrography Celtic Knots, and ink dye as well as rows of closed coiling with waxed linen.  Second Place - Ethnic Category, Masters DivisionLet the Sun Shine - canteen gourd cut as a wall pocket.  Pyrography, with ink dyes, acrylic paint and hand sculpted embellishment.  Second Place - Wall Hangings, Masters DivisionTwitter Teapot - Assembled from several gourd and pieces. Grapevine, Apoxie Clay sculpture and acrylic paint.  Blue Ribbon - Masters DivisionTlingit Totem - three cylindrical gourds with Apoxie Clay, and wood embellishments.  Pyro, carving, sculpting, acrylics, stains.  Winner of Blue Ribbon, Native American category, Masters DivisionTime to Rake - ribbon winner in Bowl Category, Masters Division
Surf and Sand Ocean Drum

Very large canteen gourd (16 inch diameter).  Pyrography and ink dyes, braid, tacks, goatskin head, and steel shot inside for the ocean sounds.
Blue Ribbon winner - Musical Instruments Category, Masters Division, Georgia Gourd Society Show 2009


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When I Grow Up

Tall kettle gourd with ink dye, grapevine and silk leaves.  Covered with 21 miniature bottle and egg gourds depicting all types of gourd art, i.e. pyro, fretwork, birdhouses, dippers, mask, drum, beaded, leather wrapped, gourd purse. 

Winner of Blue Ribbon for Georgia Gourd Show Theme Category, Masters Division

Theme for 2009 - "Art on the Vine"
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