How to Saw a Gourd

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Karen LoCasale and I am here to tell you about crafting with gourds. So there is our pilot hole and this will allow you to either put a craft knife in here or in my case I am going to use a jig saw. So, once you get it cut the way you like it, you can also use sand paper to take off those rough edges and you know change your design or whatever it is you are going to do. If you like it the way it is, perfect. I didn't mention before hand but this particular bowl, I had a large crack down the side of it so I just when with below the crack. So instead of the bowl being this large, it's now going to be a little bit shallower but you know, you work with what you have got and mistakes sometimes are a good thing. "