Great Designer Holiday Addition!

Make this Medium Santa with Carved Stars design would make a great addition to your Holiday decor collection.

Can you be really be ready for Christmas without this red carved gourd? Great to be used in a dining table centerpiece grouping – or perfect for a featured display in your home or even for your office.

This handmade artist creation was crafted from a raw hard shell gourd taken from a farm outside of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He has a carved and painted face. The carvings in this gourd are wonderful. It is not lit, but a small battery-powered light could easily be added with care by removing the base.

Because the gourd is natural and not manufactured, the size, shape and color will vary slightly with each piece.

These measurements are for this specific gourd pictured:

Measurements (LxWxH in US inches)
Medium Santa Gourd - Approx. 5.00 x 5.00 x 11.00

The Meadowbrooke Gourds’ farm is where the magic happens. The farm lies at the foot of the Blue Mountains in central Pennsylvania.

How was this gourd dried?
After they snip the gourd from the plant it is left in the fields for the next six months where it dries naturally.

How was it washed?
The skin on the outside is best removed after the gourd has soaked for two days and then scrubbed with a steel wool pad or hard bristled brush.

How was it cut and crafted?
The Meadowbrooke artists use jigsaws customized over the last 10 years to perfectly craft these creations. A crafter must train for at least a year and even then, only half of them go on to become a master cutter.

How was it finished?
After the gourd is dyed with leather dyes, the artists use satin finish polyurethane to complete them.

Make this a great addition to your Halloween decor or give it as a wonderful gift to a friend or someone in your family.