Coral Spirit finished

The inspiration for coral spirit came from a piece of coral found on our beach but also from a piece my mother had in her china cabinet. I think it was given to her for a wedding present. This piece was quite large and I remember it was quite jagged and rough with a lot of little holes in it. When I was allowed to touch this piece it seemed magnetised to me, like it would grab hold of you. I don't know what it was, but somehow I liked that it was sharp, rough, but beautiful. That's how I remember this piece. 

 That's how I got the idea for the holes, I've never worried about replicating the slits that you see in coral, because they never attracted my eye. It's not an exact copy not suppose to be but I've used some elements to create this embellishment.