Boxelder, 3.75 inches by 6.75 inches.
I started piercing a thin boxelder vase according to the vision in my head of a relatively minor pierced area. The result didn't look anything like my vision so I set it aside for a year.
This year I came up with the idea of cutting out the bad parts and making a spiral piercing.
I must acknowledge the influence of Scott Hackler's "Vortex of the Beast"
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