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How to Manipulate Gourds

Tutorials and Educational Materials

Good Information for Growing Gourds:   
  • Growing & Harvesting Gourds
  • Gourd Pests
  • How to Build a Gourd Arbor
Any Gourd can be Transformed/Reshaped with Homemade Devices: 
  • Growing a Gourd in a Flat Mold
  • Making & Using a Homemade Mold to Reshape a Gourd
  • Using Easy Constraints to Mold a Gourd
  • How to Tie a Knot with a Gourd
  • Etching Green Gourd & Dying with Coffee
  • Manipulating a Snake Gourd
  • Hawaiian Ni_ihau_Ipu Method
  • Green Cleaning Gourds

Books:
The Immortal Molded Gourds of Mr. Zhang Cairi by Betty Finch and Guojun Zhang
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  • Home
  • Join
    • Standard Membership-2025
    • Auto Renewal Membership
    • CA+International Membership
  • Magazine
    • Quarterly Contest
    • Back Issues
  • Chapters
  • Calendar
  • Education
  • Gourd Growing Tutorials
    • Manipulated Gourd Tutorials
    • Sellers: Seeds, Gourds
    • Growing
    • Harvesting
  • Crafting Techniques
    • Pyrography
    • Crafting Resources
    • Crafting Tutorials
  • Judging
    • Competition Scoring Forms for Judges & Clerks
    • Training Apprentice & Certified Judges
    • Judges Activity Reporting Forms
    • List of Judge Instructors
  • Artistry Award
  • Jim Story Award
    • JSA-Eligibility/Entry
  • History of Gourds Around the World
  • About
  • Judging