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 ...

Yan Zaoshan introduces the gourd pyrography handicraft at his studio on June 20 in Rizhao, Shandong province. Gourd pyrography is the art of decorating a gourd by burning a graphic design on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Baldwin resident Susan Zanella has made a name creating art from an unlikely source — dried gourds. We talk with her about what drew her to this unusual art form. Anything you can do with soft woods.