Bonnie Gibson Art
3-D mixed media artist working primarily with wood and gourds, but also dabbling in much more. Author, educator, gallery artist. Website: www.bonniegibsonart.com
#gourds #carving #woodcarving
- Relief carving on a #gourd
- Southwest folk art piece. 19" high. BMix, stains and underglazes to keep a matte finish. #ceramics #pottery #handbuilt
- My latest carved art spoon is 17" long and features a pair of cardinals. Original design 2025 #bonniegibsonart #woodcarving #woodworking #carving #spoon #spoonart
- This photo was taken on the porch of the historic Grand Canyon Lodge when I was there as an Artist in Residence. The lodge, visitor center, cabins were all destroyed by a wildfire yesterday. I'm not sure if they were able to save any historic or art items. It's heartbreaking... #northrim
- 18" SW pottery figure; the head is removable which made it easier to make and fire. I added ceramic feathers on the head and rattle and tied them on with leather. Clay, stains, oxides, and matte glazes. With respect to my Hopi friends. This is for my own personal use. #ceramics #pottery #art
- Carving feather texture on a basswood broadbilled hummingbird carving. This will be part of a gourd sculpture. #woodcarving #birds #gourds #gourd #carving
- It's a Bluesky exclusive!
- New mosaic ball made with handmade ceramic tiles and quail topper. #ceramics #mosaic #yardart #gardenart
- Cold painted #ceramic bobcat and juvenile. These were small studies before making a larger project. #ceramics #handbuilding
- Hot days are here when the saguaros start blooming in Tucson.
- It's a good thing I have art projects to give myself a break from the craziness every day. How are you coping? Below, a new small woodcarving project done while listening to books on tape. Painting comes next. The Bridled Titmouse is found in the sky islands of Southern AZ.
- Mosaic garden ball with handmade cardinal and focal tiles. #ceramics.
- Here's the before and after glaze fired gila monster. I am always a bit surprised at how the glazing turns out. It will look great in my yard! #ceramics
- Show me your #gourds!
- Working on a gila monster for my yard. This is bisqued BMix. I have glazed it with black engobe, velvet underglaze and just a bit of stroke and coat for a few glossy spots. #ceramics
- Show me your #gourds!
- Show me your #gourds!
- A change up today, a pottery garden pole. Each segment is hand built from clay with a hole top and bottom so they can be arranged on a pole in any order. #ceramics #pottery #stoneware #handbuiltceramics #yardart #gardenart #bonniegibsonart
- Shou sugi ban technique on carved 5" redwood squares. I assembled them with brass rods. #woodcarving #carving #shousugiban
- Show me your #gourds !!
- Here's where you can add #gourds to your feeds.
- I am no programmer, but I have attempted to make a #gourds feed that you can follow. Go to your sidebar by clicking on the hamburger (3 horizontal lines) at the top of your personal page. Look for the #feeds heading and search for #gourds. Hopefully that will bring up every post tagged that way.
- I made a simpler gourd than my usual this time. It has some surface carving, copper/patina, inlaid mosaic turquoise, and ironwood quail on lid. The gourd is about 11" wide & high with the lid on. #gourd #gourdart #quail #southwestart #handcrafted #art
- Swept Ashore - carved gourd, rusted nails. My take on water pollution from a few years back.
- FYI - I am trying to get the hashtag #gourds set up as a feed so that you can follow it and all posts labeled that way will show up in one place.
- Help! Anyone seeing this have some coding skills? I would like to build a dedicated #gourds feed for our hobby to follow as they arrive here on Bluesky, but I don't have the knowledge to set it up. Any help would be appreciated. #feeds
- Welcome, especially to my new followers who are trying out Bluesky for the first time. Here is a closeup of my swirling waters design, carved into a gourd. Think of it as the "Blue Wave" from now on. Let's bring back civility, compassion, and decency into our sphere. Art can heal the soul!
- Recent commission, a gourd urn with a loon/up north theme. The loon was carved from tupelo/birch for bill strength, and psinted with acrylics. The gourd was colored with dyes and a hand rubbed colored lacquer finish #birds #woodcarving #gourds #art #gourdart
