A good friend of mine, and a guy who I have admired and respected for years had this shitty kidney. He had it removed, and jumped back into life almost immediately (literally), I've never seen anyone recover from the flu so fast and gracefully, and this was a serious operation he had done. Well, I thought he deserved a new kidney, so I carved this for him. It's hand carved out of basswood than painted and super shellaced to give it an "organ" feel. I think it took me longer to make than it took him to recover, and I work pretty fast. It's a piece I'm pretty proud of, I wanted to let him know how in awe of his strength I am, and how happy his recovery made me, and a ton of other people. His old kidney had a tumor, this one has a skull, I think it's an improvement.