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My biggest gourd sculpture so far - the Indian Cobra! It was made on a whim after my dad brought home the huge snake gourd (original form shown in the WIP section). It was going to be thrown away, but once I saw it I snatched it right up! I cut a deformed bushel gourd to make the hood. A small banana gourd helped even up the tail (although it has a fat bottom...the gourd grew like that.) I added cardboard for the hood's underside and paperclay for sculpting the head and filling in holes. Spray paint gave it a base coat and I spent many hours painting the black scales...

It's not perfect, but I didn't have a hundred hours to spend on it. I know the Indian Cobra isn't this orange (more grey and black) but I like orange. :3

Dimensions are on the image, I'm certainly going to make more large gourd art!

He is for sale, but I don't know if anyone would be willing to pay for the monstrous shipping that'd come with him. It'd be between $10-20 for USA (I will NOT ship this out of country, sorry).
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=KreepingSpawn Jan 17, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
Inspired! :D
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~Stormy1092 Jan 11, 2012
wow this is so pretty... would you be interested in making a sculpture of my iguana?
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*ART-fromthe-HEART Jan 11, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
:3 Thank you! And I'd LOVE TO! What size/price were you thinking of? Have pictures I can see?
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~Stormy1092 Jan 12, 2012
I dont really know sizing but ill send you some pictures to see what you think of my baby!... Just where do i send them lol :)
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*ART-fromthe-HEART Jan 13, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
My email: NobleD9C@aol.com
If you have a specific price in mind I can make the size accordingly. Medium sizes are around 4-6 inches long and are around $25-35. The more you want to pay the more generous I'll be with how big it is. ;)
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~Stormy1092 Jan 13, 2012
Sent You an Email Under Joemarie@student.fdu.edu :)
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*ART-fromthe-HEART Jan 16, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Got it and responded ^_^
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*patrx Sep 20, 2011
Neat work!! Love the creativity...My sisters are into the crafts, too.. We used to just make simple things with the Devil's Claw and gourds, but you've taken those simple objects much farther...great work!! :D
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*ART-fromthe-HEART Sep 23, 2011  Professional Traditional Artist
:D Thank you! I started out with the simple projects too. I couldn't get enough and it's evolved from there! :highfive:
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*patrx Oct 4, 2011
I bet your gourd creations sell well in craft fairs... :D
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