An inheritor carves a gourd pyrography piece featuring a dragon. [Photo by Li Dandan for chinadaily.com.cn] The studio of Si Chun'e, an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of the gourd ...

BEIJING, Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alongside the rising enthusiasm for traditional Chinese culture, gourd pyrography in Zaozhuang City of east China's Shandong Province is catching more and more ...

In the farmyard of Chaohu Village, Dawukou District, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, several plump cyan gourds with exquisite gourd crafts hank on the vines. They are owned by Tao Ruizhen. She is a ...

“The Art and Craft of Pyrography: Drawing with Fire on Leather, Gourds, Cloth, Paper and Wood” by Lora S. Irish, is a how-to book on the fascinating art of pyrography. Supplies include everything from ...

A gourd pyrography work featuring Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon created by Ali Hushur. [Photo/Hotan Convergent Media Center] Gourd pyrography, one of traditional crafts in China, is also an ...

Bowling Green artist and member of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen Paul Buhrmester sits beside a collection of burnt gourds he crafted from dried gourds using pyrography, cutting, carving ...

Instructor Ronna Wuttke of Turtle Feathers will head a class on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on gourd pyrography. The workshop costs $45. Materials that will be supplied by the instructor include ...

Niu Chengguo has carried a flame for the craft of gourd pyrography since childhood and is trying to help the intangible cultural heritage to find its place in the new era. Niu Chengguo was beyond ...

This is the season when autumnal displays surround us. Decorative gourds seem to appear overnight, as if beamed down from an alien spacecraft: striped, speckled, warted, and winged. Bright bursts of ...

THE MIRACLE of DNA has finally solved the age-old question: How did bottle gourds come to America? This plant has no wild progenitors in the Western Hemisphere. The gourd grown by early cultures in ...