Jim Story Award: Single Manipulated Gourds
ENTRY #5
This entry was grown on an arbor. I used two cords knotted in intervals to restrict the growth of the snake gourd into a sort of braided, segmented pattern (the easy part).
Using the support of the arbor (as the gourd grew), I pulled the extra cording at the blossom end toward the stem end (the not-so-easy part because it is a daily labor in the heat of the day to make the very stubborn and thick snake gourd bend and move).
I learned that snake gourds are not as pliable as long handled dippers and the thicker they become, the more difficult they are to force to move.
I also encountered a very difficult problem in green cleaning this one. The skin was very light colored, thin and did not scrape off easily. I finally gave up on several of the segments and then took it on again after it had dried as you can see from the picture
Using the support of the arbor (as the gourd grew), I pulled the extra cording at the blossom end toward the stem end (the not-so-easy part because it is a daily labor in the heat of the day to make the very stubborn and thick snake gourd bend and move).
I learned that snake gourds are not as pliable as long handled dippers and the thicker they become, the more difficult they are to force to move.
I also encountered a very difficult problem in green cleaning this one. The skin was very light colored, thin and did not scrape off easily. I finally gave up on several of the segments and then took it on again after it had dried as you can see from the picture
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