Necklace with Hand-Painted Gumnut Beads By the Women of Camel Camp luscious colour Stirling silver hooks added

Stirling silver hooks added

Materials: gold plated beads and faceted semi precious agate

Christine Smalley for the Breathing Colours Collection

Our intention was to redesign the piece into a number necklaces

which looks out onto Arnhem Bay

Necklace with Hand-Painted Gumnut Beads By the Women of Camel Camp luscious colour Stirling silver hooks addedThis 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