How to Make an Indian Corn Gourd Bowl with Carrie Dearing
Materials List
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Items Needed |
Available at: |
| 1 thick-shelled, round body gourd approx. 9 inches in diameter (can be a kettle gourd, a bottle gourd, or almost any shape as long as the body is round and high enough to place your corn patterns around it) | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| Adjustable heat woodburner and a woodburning pen with a blade tip (Carrie uses a small spear by Razortip in this video) | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| Corn pattern plus Carbon paper and a red ball point pen OR Stick ‘n Burn design transfer sheets, for Ink Jet printers or Laser printers, to transfer your designs onto your gourd | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| Hobby knife with regular blade; additional saw tip recommended | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| Electric jig saw or crafter’s saw, such as the Proxxon mini saw | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| Gourd scraper | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| GourdMaster™ Easy Cleaner Ball: one short-handle, coarse-grit and one short-handle fine-grit (fine-grit optional) | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| Large, metal file or “rasp” | Available at most hardware stores |
| Several grits of sandpaper | Available at most hardware stores |
| Baby wipes | Available at most drug stores and grocery stores |
| GourdMaster™ Ink Dyes: Rich Mahogany, Yellow, and Tan is used on the first gourd you see, the second gourd you see, shown after the varnish step, uses Amethyst, Burnt Orange with Yellow, Rich Mahogany with Berry | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| Heat tool | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| GourdMaster™ Formula 49 | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| Cotton swabs and felt squares for applying Ink Dye | Available at most craft stores |
| Carving tool, such as that on the MasterCarver Combo or a Dremel® tool | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| Structured tooth carbide bits: inverted cone plus either the cone or the flame (also called a “taper”) | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| GourdMaster™ Gourd Paint: both black and white | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| Paint brushes: small, flat edge for painting kernels; large (about 1” wide) flat brush for painting inside of gourd | WelburnGourdFarm.com or any art or craft store |
| GourdMaster™ Gourd Varnish or other compatible varnish (do a test first to make sure it does not react with the GourdMaster™ Ink Dyes and cause them to bleed) | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| Hand awl for making holes to weave raffia | Available at most craft stores |
| Wax linen thread (about 2-3 yards) | WelburnGourdFarm.com |
| Natural color raffia | Available at most craft stores |
| Dust mask or high-quality face mask (depending on your sensitivity to gourd dust) | Amazon.com and at most Department or
Hardware stores |
| Needle with large enough eye for waxed linen thread | Available at most fabric stores or craft stores |