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gibsongourds.bsky.social
3-D mixed media artist working primarily with wood and gourds, but also dabbling in much more. Author, educator, gallery artist. Website: www.bonniegibsonart.com #gourds #carving #woodcarving
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A change up today, a pottery garden pole. Each segment is hand built from clay with a hole top and bottom so they can be arranged on a pole in any order. #ceramics #pottery #stoneware #handbuiltceramics #yardart #gardenart #bonniegibsonart

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Shou sugi ban technique on carved 5" redwood squares. I assembled them with brass rods. #woodcarving #carving #shousugiban

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Show me your #gourds ! #carving #gourd #gourdart

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Show me your #gourds !!

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Here's where you can add #gourds to your feeds.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

I am no programmer, but I have attempted to make a #gourds feed that you can follow. Go to your sidebar by clicking on the hamburger (3 horizontal lines) at the top of your personal page. Look for the #feeds heading and search for #gourds. Hopefully that will bring up every post tagged that way.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

I made a simpler gourd than my usual this time. It has some surface carving, copper/patina, inlaid mosaic turquoise, and ironwood quail on lid. The gourd is about 11" wide & high with the lid on. #gourd #gourdart #quail #southwestart #handcrafted #art

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Swept Ashore - carved gourd, rusted nails. My take on water pollution from a few years back.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Gourd urn with wood carved common loon on the lid. #Birds #gourds

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

FYI - I am trying to get the hashtag #gourds set up as a feed so that you can follow it and all posts labeled that way will show up in one place.

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Help! Anyone seeing this have some coding skills? I would like to build a dedicated #gourds feed for our hobby to follow as they arrive here on Bluesky, but I don't have the knowledge to set it up. Any help would be appreciated. #feeds

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Welcome, especially to my new followers who are trying out Bluesky for the first time. Here is a closeup of my swirling waters design, carved into a gourd. Think of it as the "Blue Wave" from now on. Let's bring back civility, compassion, and decency into our sphere. Art can heal the soul!

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Recent commission, a gourd urn with a loon/up north theme. The loon was carved from tupelo/birch for bill strength, and psinted with acrylics. The gourd was colored with dyes and a hand rubbed colored lacquer finish #birds #woodcarving #gourds #art #gourdart

submitted 47 days ago • 2 comments

2024 in review. #woodcarving #birdcarving #ceramics #gourds #mosaic

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Finished this woodcarved sculpture of Lazuli Bunting on serviceberry. These are in southern AZ. #birds #birdcarving #woodcarving #arizona

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

The steps of making a habitat for my Lazuli Bunting wood sculpture. These will be serviceberry branches when I finish painting them. The leaves are made from copper. #birds #woodcarving

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

I carve birds that we see in the mountains of Southern Arizona. This is a sculpture of 2 Red Faced Warblers in a scrub oak habitat. The birds are carved from tupelo wood. The habitat includes a faux oak gall, faux carved rocks & metal leaves. #birds #birdcarving #woodcarving #woodworking #sculpture

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

Lazuli bunting carving in progress. #birds #birdcarving

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Juvenile Grebe stuck in the tidal sands at Puerto Penasco, Sonora Mex. His buddy got killed by a seagull so I moved this one to open water. Hope he makes it... #addbirder #birds

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

Art is currently keeping me somewhat sane.

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Thanks for a kinder space than the current toxicity of FB. I do art to escape...

submitted 113 days ago • 1 comment