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| ABOUT CALIFORNIA GOURDS California Gourds is the nation's leading online retailer of quality hard-shelled gourds. Our quality hard-shelled gourds are sold throughout the continental United States, Canada, Hawaii, Australia, and more. Dedicated to service and to the gourding needs of our customers, California Gourds seeks out the best pricing and quality of each gourd we sell. At present California Gourds features Welburn gourds. Known for their thickness, and easiness to clean, a Welburn gourd is the gourd of choice for musical instruments, basketry, woodburning, staining, painting, beading and more. Over the years, the Welburn gourd has taken on an identity all it's own. If you have not yet worked with a Welburn gourd, now is the right time to give it a try! Visit our web site at http://www.californiagourds.com/ E-mail: info@californiagourds.com California Gourds This newsletter is a copyrighted publication of California Gourds. For information on reprinting this publication in whole or in part, please contact the Editor of The Gourdzette, at editor@gourdzette.com. To make this your last edition of the newsletter, click on the link listed below.
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1.
Trace outline of any eagle head pattern on cleaned gourd by
using carbon paper to transfer design.
2.
Woodburn – you need only burn the outline, beak and eye
as shown. Shading may be burned or painted, whichever you prefer.
I usually burn the shading under beak and around eye.
3.
Paint the eagle with Gilders paste. I use this paste directly
from the tin and I use short bristle brushes. If your paste
is too thick to spread easily, dip the brush TIP only in brush
cleaner, wipe on a paper towel and then in the paste. Too much
cleaner will make the paste very thin.
6.
Next paint the flag – remember that the flag is not painted
as bold as the eagle. I usually soften the colors by dipping
my brush in paint cleaner which thins the paint as it goes on.
Paint the pole antique gold; the flag is painted with iris blue
for the blue area and tulip red and white for the stripes. I
thin white Gilders paste or white acrylic paint and dip the
tip of a toothpick in the mixture and paint the stars. Keep
in mind the flag is not a perfect replica but a shadow behind
the eagle.
