So, Considering the Various Ways...

So, what to do?  The text of a book could be decoupaged on the inside of the gourd. As seen in earlier posts, it can be torn into strips and glued together. As this is being written, another book sits here on the desk called The Purple Unicorn. The distinctive image of a unicorn is the forehead horn and certainly a piece of dipper gourd handle could be painted to resemble a horn. Gluing it to the cover might be a way to reimagine the book!