ON PINS AND NEEDLES! 

Featuring Bonnie Gibson

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Created from a canteen gourd & scrap pieces from other gourds.  I carved the hummingbird from basswood and used a birch dowel for the beak. I rough carved the bird with a Foredom tool, then added all of the feathers and feather textures using the Shofu tool. The nest is a gourd scrap with added moss and feathers to give it a realistic appearance.   The dimensional cactus effect was carved into the gourd shell and painted with acrylics.  The cactus needles were made from brass wire, darkened with liver of sulphur. 

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