This little bird and I have a complex relationship.  He was brought to me after he was killed by a friend's cat (cats get me a lot of the birds I work with).  But this little guy was different - he had this LOOK on his face.  I tell people he looked like he was lecturing the cat about karma when he died.  I took a picture of the look for myself, but I'm not going to post it here since some people get upset by that sort of thing.  However, I want to show you all the finished piece.  I thought this brave little bird deserved to have brightly colored wings (made of parrot feathers), a rose quartz heart, blue diamond chips on his beak, and welo opal beads on his head.  I honestly don't plan to sell this little guy but I'm super proud of him . . .

Here he is from every angle possible:

And a few detail shots for people who work with bones - I was able to preserve his little trachea:

And then his little rose quartz heart: