How to Make a Gourd Shadow Box

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Karen LoCasale and I'm here to tell you about gourd art. Making a shadowbox gourd, so the first thing you need to know, which you already do, is you've decided you're going to make this into a shadow box. So, when you go to your gourd farm, the one I go to is Nature's Farm in Gilbert, you're going to be looking for a particular shape and size of gourd. You don't want one of the ones that's tall and thin, that's not gonna work for you. So, you want something a little bit bigger than this one but you want this shape, because what you're going to be doing is you're going to be cutting this area out to actually make your shadow box. And, as far as your top you want something that's a little bit tall and something that's going to give you enough area here to make your cut and still have some portion of your gourd here rather than having it completely flat here and you know, your shape is not going to look right. So, it's important to know and look when you're looking for your shape of your gourd at the gourd farm."