Quirky, captivating and motley colored, the hard-shelled gourd (Lagenaria) is no longer limited as Thanksgiving décor. During December, ornamental gourds add distinctive flair to traditional holiday ...

Nature's pottery is the way many folks refer to gourds. Billings artist Laurie Wertman takes it one step further by painting and embellishing her gourds with fiber and silver. Her new show at the ...

Chris Pawlik designs and embellishes gourds, turning them into amazing three-dimensional works of art. I met the award-winning gourd artist at this year's Belle Isle Art Fair, where I was immediately ...

ROSCOE - For millennia, gourds have been an elemental utensil in the homes of Southwest Native American tribes. The tough, virtually unbreakable gourd was used to store grain and carry water. Today, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Plastic and painted pumpkins make for cute and low-maintenance Halloween décor, but there’s nothing like ...

Grocery stores pile mountains of pumpkins in the fall, but warty, twisted and striped gourds can also turn a front porch ...

But what if your coffee came in an entirely organic kind of cup? That’s the vision of Jun Aizaki, the founder of New York-based design studio Crème Design. He and his team have created a prototype cup ...

These common Spooky Season sights represent an epic battle between squirrels and pumpkin-havers over the fate of the festive ...