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My Humble Gourd Now on Hawaii Five-O TV Show! |
I had to share this with other gourd enthusiasts, as I'll bet they will be encouraged by this surprising turn of events!
I live in Tucson, Arizona, and love Southwest petroglyph
designs. I grow my own gourds and like to hand-paint them with Native American, African and Southwest tribal designs.
This particular gourd had some spots that weren’t perfect,
so I first painted
it all black and then penciled this design on the gourd. I took a small
wood carving tool and carved out the design. It was my first attempt
at
carving.
Whooeee! Much to my surprise, I got an email from a very sweet
Hawaii Five-0 TV Production Assistant who wanted to buy my gourd as a prop for the set on their TV show!
It was a rush order! She said they “needed it
by Monday” (last week), so I boxed it up and shipped it off to Hawaii!
It arrived on time and, the next day, they submitted a very nice
"review" in my Etsy Shop for the gourd! I was ecstatic!
Since the design has a "Tiki Hut" look, I’m guessing it will appear in a future episode on Hawaii Five-0, as
a prop for a restaurant, or perhaps a bar scene. Please let me know if you see it on their show. I'd hate to miss it!
I'm so happy that my humble little gourd will have earned its 5 minutes of glory!
I love hanging gourd planters in my kitchen, filled with realistic looking
plants! They are easy to maintain and adds a nice touch of greenery in
our sunny desert climate.
I must admit that I have been carried away painting everything I can find with African, mystical Shamanistic, or Southwestern designs. I made tiny earrings using baby gourds, painted bamboo wind chimes, wood spice jars, and even painted clocks, furniture, boxes, an Ironwood tree branch fetish, a bird house and an old steer skull ! I guess it's a form of therapy because I enjoy every moment doing it.
One started out to be a clock face, but it became "so busy" that I decided it looked better, without any added clockwork parts. I was so surprised when the author, who was publishing a book about African Designs, contacted me asking for permission to use this design in his book!
I DID get carried away. But love doing this! I even painted all my wooden spice jars and made a coordinating Africanized spice rack.
1 comment:
I knew you were talented, but had no idea just how talented you were. The designs are great, and the attention to detail is absolutely over the top. Such fantastic work, amazing.
John
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