Artistry of Lenny the Gourd Guy		Joan Riise and Lenny Feldberg are a Chicago artist couple who became enamored of gourds when they planted their first garden several years ago. Joan's work was nature based, drawing on ancient forms of spirituality and ceremony. Lenny was a nature photographer. Gourds offered a deepening of relationship with the elemental forces of Nature. Since 1996 they have been leading community gourd gardens and have been celebrating harvests through the Goddess Gourd Festivals (more by this artist) .
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