Nuttiest Pendant Yet
Isn't this pendant gorgeous?Clearly painted wood, it's edges are so perfect and you couldn't create a more interesting opening if you tried. I hung it on a very pretty velvet necklace.
But where is the pendant from you ask? Where can I get one?Well, its a long shot but you will need to locate a cup like this one.
I found it in an antique store. Handmade. Glued together. All walnuts.
Can you believe that? Someone carefully sawed all these walnuts centres. I thought they were so beautiful that I bought the cup. The glue holding it all together was so strong...that when I tried to separate them....I heard a crack. So I went online. "How do you dissolve glue from wood?" is the question I asked google.
The results were some wood working sites which I have never been to. Someone recommended vinegar....which I had, so I soaked the cup in vinegar over night.
And it worked!!! I was shocked in the morning to pull all these amazing walnuts apart so easily. 
Since I am already working outdoors spray painting, I took some of the pieces and a few other hand cut wood beads and spray painted them gold. So pretty!!
Here is a glammed up version of the walnut pendant with a dangle. I added a bail to make the pendant easy to hang. 
This is my rhinestone walnut necklace. Nut meets glam. My funnest little tutorial so far!
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8 comments:
Wicked! love the organic quality of the nut with the 'bling'. You are too too creative my friend =)
Okay, all of the stars are aligning in my world. After I read your post, the next post on Google reader was this one:
http://www.modishblog.com/modish/2009/07/orange-slice-jewelry.html
psyche!
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful walnut slice pendant and design. I remember gathering walnuts shells from a field in California as a child, even though I couldn't eat them, allergic. I used to collect them and paint designs on them. Never thought to slice and use them in a jewelry design. How much fun!
Thank you for sharing this.
Duchess
Artbeads.com
Oh NUTS! Rhinestones and walnuts,sounds like a country western soug. I like it.
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I can’t believe it’s a wall nut, looking at the first picture I thought it was a bronze pendant. Well you definitely made it so realistic I can hardly notice that it’s a wall nut.
Hahaha! you got me! That’s very creative. How did you make it so real? I love what you did to the wall nuts. It looks fabulous.
I have my mother's bracelet from her teenage years & have always loved it(it is very simply strung on brown elastic cording). It was always a little small for me so I never could enjoy wearing it. Then about 15 yrs ago I came across some new slices for sale. I was able to buy enough to make a bracelet to fit me. Of course I never did so now I may have to come up w/ something else, having been inspired by you!
i just posted about your cards, but this took my breath away. i have to say you have been touched with hands of an angel,your work is just breath-taking. i am the disabled one,i do art therapy i just wish i could produce something like you did with your nutty tutorial. never stop doing what you do you have a true gift. thank you for sharing it with the rest of us.
barbara/nannie
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