Organic Seeds for Green Jewelry

Organic seeds can be used in jewelry. This idea was earlier considered by me as a weird one but then I remembered teaching classes of school children how to string dried beans to make necklaces and bracelets. The beans used were natural and the thread used was merely a cotton twine. So it was not comfortable to adorn because it was hard. However, the mothers wore them because they loved their children and the children loved to make them.

Employing natural seeds in making jewelry is a skill. Some artisans equip themselves to include the organic seeds in jewels that consist of beads and other products.

Beans are exotic natural seeds that can be used in jewelry.

Numerous reasons that support this include:

Beans contain exotic patterns and colors characteristically.

Beans have the quality of drying up habitually and they maintain their shape even when they become dry.

Beans never shrink when they are used constantly.

Jewelry made out of the bean will last forever if it is handled with utmost care.

Bean varieties

The black beans are exquisite natural seeds that can be used in creating jewels. Though their name contains the word black, they are not actually dark black in color. These beans can be found in black, gray, brown as well as ivory shades. The twirls of the color glitter when they are divided by using small sized beads made of glass or silver.

Red beans prove to be another excellent choice of natural seeds that may used to create jewelry. The beans that have red as well as scarlet included in their name may generally be dark reddish brown in color, or might also be half beige, half darkish red, similar to the Red Calypso beans.

The Red Calypso would make jewels made of natural seeds fascinating because the equal distribution of color provides curvy lines to a necklace or even a bracelet.

The Paint Dry beans are an excellent option of natural seeds jewelry that can be utilized in summer. The tan tone and off white shade seems fresh, and would suit the light colored fabrics used in summer.

Green Flagolet bean is another viable alternative for summer season. The green shade of these natural seeds looks fresh and tends to have a light look. They would look like ivory beads if they are complemented with dark green beads made out of glass.

The Tiger Eye bean would be the ideal choice for beans that would resemble sophisticated stones. It appears exactly like a rock of the tiger's eye.

Other natural seeds

Though the beans are popular and are being widely used in creating jewelry, certain artisans also use dried corn. The dried corn is usually found in red, gold, orange, green, and gray tones. When they get intermingled with bright metals as well as glass beads, these pieces render a beautiful radiance.

Natural seeds, apart from these beans that can be used effectively in making jewels are watermelon seed, pulp seed, pumpkin seed, and seeds of bigger vegetables.

Utilize natural seed in jewels

In case you prefer using natural seeds in creating jewels, the following steps would have to be followed in order to prepare the seeds before hand:

Cleanse the seeds completely and dry them.

Polish every seed using a soft cloth.

Inscribe holes in the seeds.

Ensure that you do not break them while doing so.

Ensure that you make a protective coating externally as well as internally to safeguard the seeds.

After you organize the seeds, you would be able to make use of them just as you would use any kind of bead in creating jewelry. In case you are a teacher, you could very well go on and teach students to create jewels using natural seeds.

Benefits of using natural seeds to create jewels

My study discloses only one prominent benefit of employing natural seeds in creating jewelry. The green factor is the benefit. Natural seeds embedded jewelry can definitely be given away as an environment friendly presentation.

Though the natural seeds are friendly to the environment, I could not come across any jewel that did not utilize glass or metals that were not as "green" as these beads were.

If you prefer to use organic seeds in jewels for the sole fact that you want it to be eco friendly, you would have to assess this before you buy one.