Hawaiian seed pod crafting

While on the Big Island in January, almost every morning we’d go for a walk. On one of those walks I found these amazing pods and just had to bring them home to play on fabric.

seed pods
seed pods

They are very hard – a pod like I’ve never seen. They are also BIG! So first I used one of them as a rubbing plate.

Using paintstik rubbing over seedpod
Using seed pod as rubbing plate

I rubbed the paintstik over the seed pod and came up with this on my light purple hand dyed fabric.

Closeup of seed pod rubbing
Closeup of seed pod rubbing
Seed pod rubbing
Seed pod rubbing on fabric

But that wasn’t enough. I took out that rubbing plate I made a while back and played with it covering the paintstik rubbing. (I did let the paintstik dry three days, iron, and then wash before I took that step.)

Then a little more paint and I’m done.

Finished piece
Finished piece

Then I wanted to try using the seed pod as a stamp. For my March art journal I primed my canvas cover with gesso and then painted it yellow. After that dried I then took the pod and cut it into a smaller size.

Canvas Journal Cover with seed pod
Canvas Journal Cover with seed pod

Next I painted it with purple paint and stamped the canvas.

Seed pod stamped canvas journal cover
Seed pod stamped canvas journal cover

I was really planning on using this as the inside of the cover but I really like it. So I’ll probably use it for the outside. Now to work on the inside and add the pages. I better get going. March is almost here!