I call this the "Tree of the Spirit." On it are the nine fruits of the Spirit, each one shaped very oddly to represent their ethereal origin. They are; love, patience, joy, piece, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. It was for my friends wedding that I decided to make this piece, and is therefore one-of-a-kind. I will not make another one for any reason for anyone. It was constructed of brass for the base, roots, trunk, and branches. The vines were made of entwined green wire and the fruit of polymer clay which was hand crafted and hand painted. The fruit was then hung on the trees branches. As for the construction of the tree, it was as follows:
Designed the tree template with tagboard
Assembled model made of cardstock
Made extra templates for rubber cementing to metal sheets
Ordered metal sheets
Cut pieces out of metal
Planned tabs and how to join pieces with metal rather than with paper
Assembled branches
Assembled trunk
Assembled base around trunk
Decided on how to attach branches to trunk
Problem solve weight of tree
Engineered base
Put vines on branches and rest of tree
Made fruit
Baked fruit
Painted fruit
Put fruit on tree
Finished off base so it wouldn't snag on table
