This is me on the right and Victor Scerri, a very talented friend of mine. Together we decided to do something different for Christmas and we came up with the idea of this ornamental tree.

The main trunk was made from a copper pipe which was later covered with putty and textured. The branches consist of brass hollowed tubes of various lengths and diameters. Every Walnut was first halfed, emptied of its contents and glued again to resemble the original shape before being given a touch of varnish. Most of the ornaments inside the Walnuts were hand made. The leaves were all individually made from brass liner and soldered to wire stems. Every Walnut has a light bulb inside which is connected to a transformer and all the electical wiring was passed through the trunk and eventually through the branches so it would not be visible.

The image above shows how the leaves looked prior to being painted.

Below are thirteen minature Christmas Crib Scenes built into Walnuts.