Feb 9/2018 Weather 82 sunny, low 47.
Down the road from Casa Grande is the very active Pinal County Fairgrounds. A few weeks ago we stopped in for a Bluegrass Music Festival and this weekend we went in for a Gourd Festival. Now a Gourd you say... huh, sounds a little dull. Oh boy were we in for a shocker. Amazing. Yes Amazing Artwork.
Unbelievably talented artists from all over the country enter the festival with their artistic Gourds to be judged. If this is your thing you can buy supplies, dried Gourds, take classes, listen to live music, eat and enjoy the crowd. It was so worth the day.
The Gourds come in all different shapes and sizes. The Wuertz Gourd Farm nearby sponsors the festival and supplies a plethora of dried gourds for purchase. They also have classes at the farm regularly.
Gourds grow on a vine like a squash or pumpkin, and then harvested they have to be properly cleaned inside and out to get rid of a fungus, and then they are dried before you can start your artistic magic on them.
Some painted, beaded, bejewelled, carved and all mixed in between. Lamps, pots, bowls, jewelry, art forms, figurines, animals, masks, you name it let your imagine run wild! The Native Americans originated the use of gourds for vessels to serve food and carry water.
Unbelievably talented artists from all over the country enter the festival with their artistic Gourds to be judged. If this is your thing you can buy supplies, dried Gourds, take classes, listen to live music, eat and enjoy the crowd. It was so worth the day.
The Gourds come in all different shapes and sizes. The Wuertz Gourd Farm nearby sponsors the festival and supplies a plethora of dried gourds for purchase. They also have classes at the farm regularly.
Gourds grow on a vine like a squash or pumpkin, and then harvested they have to be properly cleaned inside and out to get rid of a fungus, and then they are dried before you can start your artistic magic on them.
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