Sue Haberer ABOUT THE ARTIST   I discovered my artistic ability when I was in the first grade, even though I never really had much time for art throughout the first 50-years of my life.  I was always into many other activities, such as work and raising two children, to give the desired time to art.  Actually, I am a self-taught artist, never having had much formal training. I became interested in gourd art after I retired from twenty-seven years of teaching.  One of my friends showed me a gourd she had painted and I was hooked from that moment.  When we lived in Earth, we raised gourds.  I had to forgo growing gourds when we moved to Levelland due to a lack of space; I really miss that part of the gourd pleasures. I have a business called Earthly Creations, named after the town of Earth plus the fact that gourds are created in the earth ... thus Earthly Creations. After retirement, I could not and would not sit still so I became involved with the Texas Gourd Society.  The past five years have been a blur of involvement, all the way from being on the Board of Directors, web site administrator, TGS Vice President, TGS President, TGS show chair, to being the leader of the West Texas Gourd Patch. I have tried many techniques in gourd art but my favorites are cutting out my design with a mini-saw and power carving.  I find myself working with gourds 8 hours a day, every day and would even work into the night if it were not for the necessity of sleeping, eating and menial housework. Sue Haberer shaberer47@gmail.com

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