WIP Hummingbird Vase...part 1

Do you have any gourds in your stash that are so nice that you wait a long time before you do anything with them?  Like the ones that just sit and you stare at them and you don't want to mess them up!  I have a few of those, and this is one of them.  It was a gift from Helen O. from a PAGS holiday luncheon (ahhh two years ago!). 
This gourd is large (pre-cut) and THICK! And begging to be carved.  I am not so much a carver.  I carve, but only minimally.  So I knew that one some level this will be experimental and I really don't want to ruin this beautiful gourd!

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