Cool Stuff Being Made: Gourds into Keepsakes

Watch dried out gourds transform from discarded food option to jack-o-lantern keepsakes.

Location: Carlisle, PA
Filmed: 2007
http://mbgourds.com/

Say, what IS a gourd, anyway? Well, it's an oddly-shaped, inedible fruit with a hard rind. Its chief purpose has been to serve as a utensil or decoration after it's been hollowed-out and dried. Then the artists at Meadowbrooke go to work and design and apply to the shell whatever their imaginations can come up with.

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[shawranchstudio]

All these guys are highly trained. Not to mention the tools they use have been adapted to their work styles. We in no way suggest anyone else try our methods. We are professionals. Oh and OSHA has been thru the facility and our insurance knows exactly what we do. Thank you for your concerns.

[Crowblog]

Check out the Grip All Jaws Orbital youtube for cleaning & cutting gourds safely.. hope that guy in the vid is wearing Kevlar underwear...! Geez!

[joysmith1213]

Great to be providing gourds for crafts, but guys, the dust from the gourds is dangerous to your lungs. It's an irreversible damage. Please, please, get it right and wear some masks!

[mammal46]

Love these videos keep em up!

[SagittoFX]

@twinkart yeah lol, Heath & Safety would have a field day.

[donze52]

wild gourd leaves make a perfect bug repellent for crops and plants, see nothing in the bug world eats wild gourd leaves so a sun tea from the leaf means your crops are safer than pesticides.

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[NintyFan56]

gourds are cool theres so many uses for it besides it being for decoration.

[twinkart]

I hope your medical insurance for employees is good, because your practices are highly dangerous - especially the fella holding gourds on his lap while he uses a jig saw on them. Not only could he get nasty leg and hand cuts from this sloppy procedure, but he could lose something much more precious to him! Someone should report you guys to Health and Safety!

[dragongourd]

Great video. And your way of cleaning the gourds sure beats the old elbow grease way I have to use. :-)

Darlene