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Article: BREATHING LIFE INTO NATURE'S ART : AREA WOMAN CRAFTS GOURDS INTO KEEPSAKES.(NEWS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- November 29, 1996
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Byline: Sherry Joe Crosby Daily News Staff Writer
Nadiya Littlewarrior considers the hard-shell gourds she decorates as living, breathing objects that take on a life of their own. She calls them spirit vessels.
``Gourds are alive,'' said Littlewarrior, a Canyon Country resident who makes the colorful vessels for a living. ``They're all living beings and they grow into what they want to be, not what I want them to be.''
The gourds, which feature fanciful dolphins, birds and popular American Indian folklore heroes, have captured the attention of art lovers from the Antelope Valley to the Santa Clarita Valley and beyond. For the past two years, ...