Post #671255 by notiki on Sat, Mar 16, 2013 3:39 AM

Here are some sequence photos of another work. Not pure Tiki but it shows the method.

Rough In Foam Work

Refine the Foam

The foam sure makes a mess. The waste beads can be mixed with soil for plants to grow in! I use a pruning saw to carve of big blocks. A lot of chapping is just grating away with fingertips ( no tools )

Wrapping with the basalt roving. I use a big needle now to get the inside shapes/parts reinforced.

More wrapping

After cement is smoothed on. About 1/4" to 1/2" thick. This guy is not carved, just modelled in the wet cement.

Finished with my fireplace ash finish. We burn a lot of recycled painted hardwood pallets that have a blue paint so the ash has white kaolin in it. The ash is rubbed on and "cemented" with diluted "Bondcrete"

Off to a local arty show

I made a fun "peep show" ...

Inside the box

The red lady is red cheese wax over cement over foam.

Cheers Thom