The gourd’s remarkable plasticity, its ability to take on wildly different shapes, colors, and textures, mirrors its ...

In Juye county in East China's Shandong province, Jiao Xueyin, 81, has practiced gourd pyrography – the technique of making exquisite art by applying heat and fire to gourds – for over a decade. Jiao ...

Si Chun'e, a gourd pyrography craftsman – in the Dingtao district of Heze city, in East China's Shandong province – has been proudly and faithfully inheriting and promoting gourd pyrography for nearly ...

In the farmyard of Chaohu Village, Dawukou District, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, several plump cyan gourds with exquisite gourd crafts hank on the vines. They are owned by Tao Ruizhen. She is a ...

BEIJING, Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alongside the rising enthusiasm for traditional Chinese culture, gourd pyrography in Zaozhuang City of east China's Shandong Province is catching more and more ...

Instructor Ronna Wuttke of Turtle Feathers will head a class on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on gourd pyrography. The workshop costs $45. Materials that will be supplied by the instructor include ...

“The Art and Craft of Pyrography: Drawing with Fire on Leather, Gourds, Cloth, Paper and Wood” by Lora S. Irish, is a how-to book on the fascinating art of pyrography. Supplies include everything from ...

Gourd enthusiasts from across Pennsylvania, and beyond, gathered at the Lebanon Expo Center near Lebanon for the Pennsylvania Gourd Society’s annual Pennsylvania Gourd Gathering. The event, which is ...

Traditional culture enthusiasts make gourd pyrography works at the Emin County memory museum in Emin County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 13, 2025. While showcasing ...

A tourist displays a pair of gourd pyrography handicrafts decorated with zodiac monkeys created by Wang Lanqi, a folk artist in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, on Dec. 29, 2015. [Photo by Wang ...

It is hard to imagine that Don Edmonds didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming an artist. On this day he is standing beside a table covered with gourds he has painted in bold Southwest and Native American ...