This stunning Zucca basket gourd is 19" long and 10" in diameter at its widest point.
The 17 hummingbirds on this piece
are life size and are all different. They are fliting about Morning Glory flowers.
Notice the nest in the picture above. The designs are pyro-engraved onto the suface and are then colored with leather
dyes, pencils, and iridescent paint to give that added dimension to the birds. This basket won second place in the pyrography
class of
