Making Gourd Dolls and Spirit Figures

New York, NY: Sterling Publishing, 2007 Sterling Publishing, New York. 2007. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to upper tips. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); light rubbing to panels; shallow scratch on rear panel. Pictorial laminate boards and spine with purple and brown lettering on the spine and front board; matching images on DJ and boards. Green endpapers. 224 pp 4to. Dolls that dance, dolls that protect, dolls that charm: these beautiful gourd dolls do that and more. The authors of this book pay tribute to an ancient craft in a volume both inspirational and instructional. It’s packed with images of dolls from different cultures and eras, filled with testimonials from the most creative artists working today, and brimming with advice and irresistible projects. They explain how to choose a gourd, mold one as it’s growing, clean it properly and safely, pyrograph and sculpt faces, create movable joints, and make such creatures as a simple, limbless Stump Doll; beaded Zulu doll; endearing Hobgoblin; and stacked Mother and Daughter dolls. A clean very presentable copy.