That's true, but I'm modeling a chandelier and will need to get other objects to wrap around a spherical object anyways just to get the curvature correct (currently working on the ironwork of the image below; the ironwork will be curved up a bit to match the chandelier). The vines around the sphere reference is just for the ball at the bottom.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/skizza/...8531/lightbox/