Sheryl
Jones is a transplant to Idaho, she was born and raised in Flagstaff,
Arizona, and has lived all over the United States, from Charleston,
SC; Minneapolis, MN, Phoenix, AZ, Las Vegas, NV and now Kuna, ID. Sheryl
has been using gourds as an art media for about 7 years, but has had
many artistic adventures over the years, from fabric painting to needlework,
to leather craft.The process of crafting a gourd is long, the gourd
must first be dried, that can take up to 6 months, then the mold must
be cleaned off the outside, and the seeds cleaned out of the inside.
Many of Sheryls gourds are cut. The process is done using a jig saw
with a blade about a half inch long to rough cut out the larger pieces
and then the detail is hand carved with an X-Acto knife. Her gourds
are designed with pyrography and colored with oil pastels. |
