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Gourdbeader wrote: The beeswax would melt if it was near heat or in a sunny window but other then that it will last forever. There are things from hundreds of years ago with bees wax and they are still preserved. I learned the hard way about sunny windows. I was working on my Over and Under the Sea gourd, which I will show you a pic and when I started on it the sun was in one area. I walked away and got busy doing something else, as usual, and the sun had shifted and was beating down on the top of the gourd where I had just finished putting turquoise on the sky. I touched it and it practically slid off. Fortunatedly it was the larger pieces of turquoise and was easily repaired. You do have to take care of it like any fine art, you don't display it in a sunny window. I have had my African gourd now for over 10 years and the only thing that has happened is a few beads have fallen off but I would dare you to find the spot where they came from. There are hundreds of thousands of beads and one or two here or there won't make a difference.
Here is the gourd that got hit by the sun
