Just a few meters down my Calle we have a big beautiful tree that creates these beautiful seed pods.
I am not sure what the name of the Tree is that produces these wonderful seeds but maybe someone out there can share that info with us!
They make wonderful music shakers with the dried seeds inside of them!
While walking home we pretend we are shaman performing a sacred ceremony while chanting "What shall I paint on you!, what shall I paint? "over and over again!! lol mmmm hmmmm its true...:P
Here is where the seeds rest inside the pod that make the wonderful shaking sound when the pod is intact!
We begin by sealing the edges with silicon or just a white glue, because as they dry they can split apart and then you loose the seeds inside as well as your wonderful masterpiece is broken...so take the time to do this...I found that I didn't have to sand it it was so ready to absorb my base coat, the hot mexican sun hard at work! Next I will drill a small hole in to top of the pod with my dremel tool so that I can tie a string to either hang it or as a wrist band for my musical instrument.
After the base coat I pencil in the design and then paint it on with my acrylic based paints. After it dries I apply the varnish coat and voila! Your own shaker/art music maker!
I painted both sides with a different scene....I love them so much!!
