Suzanne Erickson
Artist
"A Stitch or Two"
A large Kettle gourd. Cut to form a basket, with large cut out design in body and carved stitchery. Painted interior with red ink dye exterior.
9.5" d x 12.5" h
"Celestial Burst"
Intact medium sized Kettle gourd with stem top. Black exterior enhanced with white contrast design work.
7.5" d x 10.5" h
"Honeycomb"
Chinese Bottle gourd, cut and cleaned with tear drop rim. Exterior in rich medium brown with suede embellishment and honeycombs with black ink dye edges and gold leafing detail
6.5" d x 8.5" h
"Sunflowers 2"
Zucca gourd cut and cleaned with fancy cut rim.
Design work wood burned, with ink dyes, metallic ink dyes and acrylics.
6.5" d x 9.5" h
"Aspen"
Intact with stem, kettle gourd. White background with black ink dye leaf details.
7.5" d x 11.5" h
"Lucky Clover"
Zucca gourd with flat wooden base. Cut and cleaned with natural gourd exterior. Gold leafing, and metallic ink dyes in design. Small gold rivet accents.
6.5" d x 10.5" h