9. Geometric Brass Tubing & Suspended Pinecone Garland

A striking architectural piece combining industrial brass conduit pipes with organic pinecones hung at precise intervals.

  • What This Idea Means: A modern industrial statement that contrasts hard, polished metallic lines with irregular, natural woodland forms.
  • Materials Needed:
    • 1/4-inch hollow brass tubing (cut into 3-inch and 5-inch segments)
    • High-grade mini pipe cutter
    • 15 large, pristine lodgepole pinecones
    • Fine brass wire or black waxed leather cord
    • Brass jump rings
  • How to Make It:
    1. Cut brass tubing into clean segments using the mini pipe cutter.
    2. Thread the leather cord through a 5-inch brass tube segment.
    3. String a suspended drop loop holding a single pinecone.
    4. Thread the next 5-inch brass segment to create a structured metallic spacer bar.
    5. Repeat across the cord, keeping spacing clean, geometric, and level.
  • Tips and Variations: Swap round brass tubing for square-profile copper tubing to create a distinctive, warm modern aesthetic.