Mother Nature must have had fun creating the snake gourd.  This  specimen seems to be "underway" as two butterfly's observe its progress.  The butterfly's are just as interested in this slithery fellow as I was in creating it.  Pyroghraphy, leather dye, glass beads and resins were involved in the creation of this piece.  Satin polyurethane provided the finishing touch.

This piece measures 12' wide by 31" long.