Mother Africa - 1st Place at the Texas Gourd Festival 2007.
This gourd features the 'Big Five' of the African plain – Elephant, Lion,
Zebra, Rhinoceros and Giraffe. It is created with woodburning,
acrylic paint and is also slightly carved. There are imbeded beads
in the bottom decorative band and around the upper neck. The African Mother
atop this gourd is created out of an egg gourd and her features are molded out of
air dried clay. Her earrings are real, her ears are pierced and her necklaces are
actual strung beads. She has several cloth head bands which match her necklaces.
The bottom of this gourd features tribal masks. Large gourd.
– For Sale $850.
Jungle Cat – 3rd Place at the Texas Gourd Festival 2007.
This gourd is woodburned, cut and painted. The leaf top is cut from a
different gourd so that it drapes the jungle scene below it. Medium gourd. – SOLD
All of these gourd creations are originals of Sylvia L.
Gaines. Under no circumstances are they to be used or reproduced in any
form whatsoever without written permission.