Submit your photos (one per email) to rehmje@valkyrie.net or mail a hardcopy photo to AGS c/o Lyn Rehm, 9755 TR 262, Millersburg OH 44654 (enclose a stamped, self addressed envelope if you wish to have the photo returned). The AGS reserves the right to crop or resize photos to fit the format of our photo album.

		Whale ( 24" long!)  by Earl Worick http://gourdguy.wordpress.com

Crow  by Earl Worick http://gourdguy.wordpress.com	Mosaic Dragonfly by Gloria Cranford-Small  Asheboro, North Carolina	by Georgette Bacon,  owner of Dragonfly Lane Gourds in north country, New York

	by Earl Worick Both turtles have heads that bob back and forth with  a little help by touching or with some wind.  The larger one’s shell was made with a maranka gourd.	by Earl Worick The spider has an 18” leg span and the body was made  of two gourds with the abdomen covered with flock.  The small bird in front is made of all gourd parts

Marcia McCarter, Chillicothe, IL  I've only been doing gourd work for 2 1/2 years.  This gourd (showing top and bottom) was grown in our garden  and is chip-carved and the design work is in colored pencil (Prisma).		Janet Lantz, Lisle IL "Dancing Bear" candle holder  with hand-carving, dyes, and paints

“New Day”, by Mildred Jean Cothron textured acrylic for the “leading” and the rest was  entirely of colored paper.  “Best of Show” & “People’s Choice” at the Tennessee Gourd Show 2011

Ireland's 'Rock of Cashel'. Inspired by a  recent trip to the Emerald Isle.  The castle wraps around over half of the gourd and is painted with acrylics.  This is one of two gourds that I will be submitting to the Calabash gourd  art auction in Forestville, CA, held this October (fftfoodbank.org).  -- Erick Woods

Rare Hatching (gourd is about 9" x 6") Earl Worick gourdguy.wordpress.com		Jenn Norpchen,  California Gourd Society, East Bay Chapter A maranka  gourd was used with polymer clay. (measures 12" long 8" high and 7" wide)	Abdomen is a banana gourd; thorax is a small gourd;  head is a jewelry gourd.  Legs are leather with  embedded rods of brass.  It is 16” square.  --Earl Worick

UFO was made with parts from 16 different gourds,  19 pieces of hardwoods, three large plastic eyes, 19 simulated lights and 3 speakers --  Earl Worick	ear of corn  11" long   (actual corn silk)   by Earl Worick	Grace Swanson, San Diego Misti Washington Gourd and Basket Guild

	Lynda Smith, member/treasurer  of the Texas Gourd Society  and the  Capital of Texas gourd patch	The chopper has about 40 pieces of wood and 28 pieces of gourds.  The fuselage is made of three gourds. It is 18” long. The tire treads are rings of the neck of a dipper gourd.  Earl Worick

A description of Der Weinachtsmann: German Santa carries his stein and a black forest cuckoo clock. He proudly wears his lederhosen, jacket and embroidered coat. Under a tree decorated with candles and gingerbread, or lebküchen, men and stars, are a nutcracker goatherd fräulein and her companion, and a candle pyramid. Another nutcracker with tiny stein flanks one side, and a snowy chalet is on the other side. --Suzy Meelhuysen, member of the American Gourd Society and the Show-Me Gourd Society.

	The blooming lily is a banana gourd  mounted on the end of a dipper gourd  The butterfly is made from all gourd parts Earl Worick	"Wilderness Walk" Gloria Cranford-Small on facebook Asheboro, N.C	"Wilderness Trail" Gloria Cranford-Small on facebook Asheboro, N.C

	Needles and Osage Orange Medallion by Sandy Schneider Tennessee	"Poultry In Motion" Terri Buxton McDougall, Bloomfield, IA  Acrylic, Pyrography, Polymer Clay	"Mocha-Oaka" by Terri Buxton McDougall Bloomfield, Iowa Acrylic, Pyrography, Carving

Kay Collings -- www.kayseggs.com  Gourd is painted with memories mist sprays  and dabbed with cellophane. Colored pine needles are woven down the front and  around the rim which features assorted dried items and beads	"Rags to Riches" -- Kay Collings, www.kayseggs.com  Painted with memories mist sprays and pearl ex powders;  the band is gold leaf; top is woven yarns,  beads and dried china berries.

"Going Fishing." by Denise Lown Old Pueblo Gourd Patch	size 11 seed beads attached using pine pitch and beeswax.  Cheryl Anne, Saint Petersburg, Florida

Easter Centerpiece Freehand  engraving and colored egg gourds by Jacob Dawkins Demorest GA
	Church  with battery  LED lights by Jacob Dawkins	Bread Bowl  by Jacob Dawkins Demorest GA

Chip carving by Alan Sweeney Caldwell. Idaho AGS,IGS,WSGS and GGS Member	Ruth Braud Many, LA AGS member	Balinese Dancer Doll made of gourds and gourd  parts. Cora Raiford, FL Gourd Society, AGS

Spirit Quest Gourd horn, feathers, horn or bone beads artistry of Joyce Lipsett, Manning ND

Blow Fish by Joan Appelt Handcrafted Gourds from Tennessee  www.beechcreekgourds.com	Papoose Margie Jordan, Salem, Or. WA, AZ, NM, KY gourd societies	Ruth Braud Many, LA AGS member

Medicine Basket by Jaynie Barnes Leeds, Massachusetts AGS and Pennsylvania Gourd Society	Earth Spirit Basket by Jaynie Barnes pyroengraved gourd with natural fibers Leeds, Massachusetts AGS and Pennsylvania Gourd Society	Gourd Sculpture by Jaynie Barnes Leeds, Massachusetts AGS and Pennsylvania Gourd Society

Gourdo Bird -- by Terry Doherty grand champion  at Routt County Fair  in Hayden, Colorado	Lizard de - light!  by Terry Doherty	Beautiful waterfall scene free-hand painted all around this decorative birdhouse gourd, using arylics. Christine Pace, Cedar Mountain  NC  member: AGS, Palmetto Gourd Patch, SCGS

Pair of Flamingourds  Submitted by Suzanne Haffey, President, Capital of Texas Gourd Patch,  Member TGS and AMS		"Monarch Migration” bread basket Sharon Beasley, Gulfport, MS  Member of the MSGS and AGS

Bowl Assortment by Joan Riise LoonsMoonArt.com Member AGS, IL Chapter	Swan by Joan Riise LoonsMoonArt.com Member AGS, IL Chapter	Storyteller by Joan Riise LoonsMoonArt.com Member AGS, IL Chapter

Desert Maiden - 5 gourds carved, sculpted, stained and dyed with devil's claw and sea grass on saguaro cactus base terri schmit - Wisconsin Gourd Society, AGS & AZGS	dot painting using black gesso as a base on a gourd piece that has paper clay additions Lelia and Jimmy Sublett, members of TGS and AGS

Mary Kay Ward, member of  the Illinois, Ohio, and  American Gourd Societies	Jackie Thrasher-Smith www.kudzukorner.com  Tennessee Gourd Society	Jackie Thrasher-Smith www.kudzukorner.com  Tennessee Gourd Society

a ragtop woven around the cut opening. Kay Collings www.kayseggs.com	This gourd has a woven top. Kay Collings www.kayseggs.com	ole Santa painted on a crook neck. Kay Collings www.kayseggs.com

Traci Sturgeon, member of the  Kentucky Gourd Society and American Gourd Society	Gourd by Gary Kvalheim member of Wisconsin Gourd Society and American Gourd Society	Gourd by Gary Kvalheim member of Wisconsin Gourd Society and American Gourd Society

"Tresses"  Pyrography & Colored Pencil Leah Comerford in Fredericksburg, VA

Luz Buitrago www.luzbuitrago.etsy.com   Florida Gourd Society

Joan Appelt, TN Handcrafted Gourds  beechcreekgourds.com

Carrie Cervantes Dimondale, MI

artistry of Pushpa Doctor in Texas

snowman by Ellen and MeChelle  at Pumpkin Hollow in  AR

Memorial gourd for Brian  Barbara Carpenter, AZ Gourd Society

Some of my gourds finished in 2009.-- Angel Glaser DBA AngelsGourden, Fenton Missouri

Easter Basket -- Melanie Campanis	Chicken with real rooster feathers -- Melanie Campanis	dried plants decoupaged and then painted  Sandy Schneider,  TN

"Fallen"  pine needle rim.   Sandy Schneider,  TN	"Indian Pony" This gourd has horsehair  stitched around the rim.  Sandy Schneider,  TN	"Painted Pony" This gourd has horsehair braided and  stitched around the rim. Sandy Schneider,  TN