We love fruit in our household. But it is not just nutritious food for eating. Fruit can be made into jewelry too. Just like real flower resin jewelry, real fruit jewelry requires the fruit slices to be dried first. Check out this two part tutorial by Allyn of That Girl Who Never Talks. Part 1 shows how she uses a dehydrator to dry slices of fruit.
She uses the kind of dehydrator you can purchase for home drying of food. Her tutorial is invaluable as she goes over details like how thin the slices needs to be. These should be 2-3 mm thick not 2-3 cm as in her text. Who knew coating with saturated cornstarch solution before drying helps preserve the color?
Just like with real flower jewelry, some experimentation is needed to figure out how long the dehydration process needs to be for different kinds of fruit.
Part 2 covers the making of resin jewelry using the completely dried fruit slices.
She also submitted her tutorial over on Instructables which is organized differently.
I think the citrus fruits like lime, lemon and small oranges are lovely. Other fruits to consider include kiwi, strawberry,
Not interested in making your own? You can buy her real fruit resin jewelry from her Etsy store, Raw Design Co.
Before You Go:
Original Post by THE BEADING GEM
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She uses the kind of dehydrator you can purchase for home drying of food. Her tutorial is invaluable as she goes over details like how thin the slices needs to be. These should be 2-3 mm thick not 2-3 cm as in her text. Who knew coating with saturated cornstarch solution before drying helps preserve the color?
Just like with real flower jewelry, some experimentation is needed to figure out how long the dehydration process needs to be for different kinds of fruit.
Part 2 covers the making of resin jewelry using the completely dried fruit slices.
She also submitted her tutorial over on Instructables which is organized differently.
I think the citrus fruits like lime, lemon and small oranges are lovely. Other fruits to consider include kiwi, strawberry,
Not interested in making your own? You can buy her real fruit resin jewelry from her Etsy store, Raw Design Co.
Before You Go:
- How to Make Pressed Flower Resin Jewelry
- How to Make Real Flower Resin Jewelry (not pressed)
- How to Make Beaded Grape Clusters Tutorials
Original Post by THE BEADING GEM
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Great Share pearl, its fascinating to learn about the process. Are there otehr ways to dry fruit instead of using the dehydrator?
ReplyDeleteYes, you can. People do dry fruit in a low temperature oven to preserve it for eating later. You can google it. You may have to experiment as drying slices of fruit for jewelry making has different objectives (like preserving the natural color). http://www.sparkpeople.com/blog/blog.asp?post=diy_turn_summers_fruit_into_natures_candy
ReplyDeleteI love fruit! I bet wearing something like Kiwi around my neck would make my mouth water all the time!! :0)
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