Cement Sculpture now with some colour - go to last post to see! - Other Crafts

N notiki Member Melbourne Australia Joined: Mar 05, 2013 Posts: 7	N notiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 16, 2013 2:45 AM Hi, Thanks for the warm welcome! Wendy and Lori. I will get together some in progress / how to photos. The foam works well as a core as it is light and easy to carve and shape. Mike. It is a bit like kevlar reinforcement except it is natural rock made in some super special machine. I got my material as a remnant from a German company that sourced it from Georgia (former USSR country) It is good for cement because cement is alkali and alkali attacks things like normal glass fibre rovings. You can use stucco mesh or chicken wire as well. For some tips ; As a start look at http://sandpudding.com/ the method shown there is how I did the round dark grey tiki. Cheers Thom

Hi,
Thanks for the warm welcome!

Wendy and Lori. I will get together some in progress / how to photos. The foam works well as a core as it is light and easy to carve and shape.
Mike. It is a bit like kevlar reinforcement except it is natural rock made in some super special machine. I got my material as a remnant from a German company that sourced it from Georgia (former USSR country) It is good for cement because cement is alkali and alkali attacks things like normal glass fibre rovings. You can use stucco mesh or chicken wire as well.

For some tips ; As a start look at http://sandpudding.com/ the method shown there is how I did the round dark grey tiki.

Cheers Thom

Post #671253 by notiki on Sat, Mar 16, 2013 2:45 AM