What do you see?

When you look at this ornamental gourd, besides the beauty?





I guess it depends on how warped you are?..hehehe!.. seriously though, I love warty/bumpy gourds! I see an oddly shaped one and how it could lend it's self to so many possiblities then add clay and wow, quite a combination. So what do you see?
I saw this...


And it was no picnic to get him to look like this!!!


But he is worth every bit of trouble he is putting me through...
blessings,Flora

ebay listing

Just a note to tell you about this guy, he's my first "bumpy/wart gourd" art and I have him up for auction right now on ebay here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250171633412&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DSelling And he already has a bid from the one and only "GourdQueen" She is also the owner of my " Boney Skellyton" doll, I think she really likes my work. I'm very flattered, since she is a very talented gourd artist herself. Thanks Linda! He was part of a mass listing theme called " Frite Nite" for SEHA, one of my other Halloween groups. Just do a " SEHA " search on ebay and you'll find tons of goodies to buy and admire...so go see!
The other pic is of him as I was working on him, to show that he was indeed a gourd before he became " Black Cat " ( the name is so obvious and original too, dontcha think? ) He is signed and dated. I have two more gourd sculpts, but they aren't cats, and I will be listing them too, also with poems. So keep an eye out for them! I enjoyed the whole process of making him, but next time I'll buy the gourds already cleaned, although I don't think I remember seeing any cleaned wart gourds.?
Blessings,Flora