Welcome to Elwha River Gourd Art, home of fine gourd art galleries with detailed pyrography and hand-crafted gourd banjos and other gourd musical instruments by gourd artist Patrick Loafman.
Click here to go directly to Patrick Loafman's gourd banjo website.
MEMBER OF WASHINGTON STATE'S GOURD SOCIETY -
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ABOUT GOURDS AND PATRICK LOAFMAN'S GOURD ART
Hard-shelled gourds and humans share an ancient history: People used gourds to hold water and wine, to cook stews and store grain, long before pottery and weaving were invented. Patrick Loafman of Elwha River Gourd Art became interested in gourds over a decade ago, and drew on his experience with pen and ink drawing to try pyrography (woodburning) on gourds. He has experimented with a variety of dyes, stains, watercolors, acrylics and shoe polishes on gourds for coloration. Patrick, a wildlife biologist, brings a passion for nature into stunning realistic wildlife portraits burned into gourds. He is also a musician who makes and plays his own hand-crafted gourd banjo as well as gourd drums, thumb pianos, rainsticks, shekeries, rattles and even a didgeradoo. Patrick now also uses pyrography on watercolor paper.
Click on the left to view his gourd art galleries.
Patrick Loafman at the Wuertz gourd farm in Arizona, picking out raw, dried gourds this winter, and the final products at the Lavender Festival in Sequim, Washington.
