Precious metal clay. Given a snakeskin appearance and coiled around polished agate. Designed while playing with materials and asking "what if..." For additional photos please visit: [link]
Thank you! It was one of those "let me see what happens if I do this..." type of creations. The spiral turned out exactly as I hoped! I didn't even have the stone at that time; randomly found it at a shop and knew instantly that it was just what I needed to finish the piece.