dlayton
Mame
So I saw this on Pinterest I believe. Not sure of the artist.
Can’t find the picture. But I thought, what the heck.
Materials used were 2 - 1ft tall styrofoam sculpting blocks off Amazon. A heat pen, torch, hand saw, glue, quick Crete and coloring.
I glued them together and drew my template.
Initial carving was done over the next couple of days. Then I ran the torch over it to give it detail and harden it up some. And then I covered it in cement.
Put it in a pot and poured a base.
I’m happy with the texture. Played with the coloring, but it needs another coat of cement to harden in places, but I’m happy with it.
I plan on planting a maple where the wires are and have exposed roots going down.
If you’ve done this before, or seen it done, I’ll take any advice I can get.
Can’t find the picture. But I thought, what the heck.
Materials used were 2 - 1ft tall styrofoam sculpting blocks off Amazon. A heat pen, torch, hand saw, glue, quick Crete and coloring.
I glued them together and drew my template.
Initial carving was done over the next couple of days. Then I ran the torch over it to give it detail and harden it up some. And then I covered it in cement.
Put it in a pot and poured a base.
I’m happy with the texture. Played with the coloring, but it needs another coat of cement to harden in places, but I’m happy with it.
I plan on planting a maple where the wires are and have exposed roots going down.
If you’ve done this before, or seen it done, I’ll take any advice I can get.