Necklace with Hand-Painted Gumnut Beads By the Women of Camel Camp luscious colour from the edition of unknown

from the edition of unknown size

Christine Smalley for the Breathing Colours Collection

Stirling silver hooks added

The tulips are subtly elegant and have a beautiful fragility to them

Necklace with Hand-Painted Gumnut Beads By the Women of Camel Camp luscious colour from the edition of unknownThis necklace features hand painted gumnuts by the Aboriginal Women of Camel Camp from the Utopia region of Australia. These gumnuts have been painted black and decorated with red, orange, yellow and green brushstrokes that look like flowers. When we collected these unique beads, they still smelt of the smokey fire the women sat around as they painted these gumnuts. Australian jeweller, Christine Smalley created this neck piece by adding glass, wood