Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Job's Tears




Thank you for your question Paulissa.


Job's tears plants look like cornstalks in a way only shorter.
Here is Wilkipedia link to what they are and a photo of the plant.
This is a photo of some of the ones I have. right now they are mostly gray in color, but they can be dyed with tea or coffee to a rich pretty brown.
This is how big a typical Tear is. Naturally they have a hole in the bottom and the plant comes out the top of the seed. You run a needle through them to clean them out to use as beads.
Hope this helps a little!!




2 comments:

Paulissa Kipp Visual Arts said...

Very cool!!!! I have never seen the plant and had no idea you used the seeds as beads/

JanglesfromJo said...

Some people make rosaries out of them. they turn out really well.
Jo