Hypertufa

[Plocket]

This is Mr Grot (I think his nose is lovely!)




Mrs Grot, who's lost an eye and her ear-rings:



and Baby Grot (who's the biggest!!!)


I think I made them about 3 years ago now and the moss has started to establish itself on Mr Grot. Baby Grot is probably in too bright a spot for moss but the birds like him! When I first made them LP thought they were a bit scary so we told her that they were looking after our garden and making sure that monsters didn't come in. I might even pluck up the courage to let her make a grot one of these days but I'm a bit cautious because of the cement.

Margi made some with Seedling a year or so ago but her's are much prettier than mine!

[andy]

I used to have a business making concrete garden ornaments from latex moulds....there was some wicked gargoyles and ugly stones

[sweetleaf]

I think they are cute in a strange way, feel sorry for the partially sighted one, used to have a teddy who was similarly disabled

I didnt know you were a sculptor, too!

[Plocket]

I'll try my hand at pretty much anything Sweetleaf!!!

[sleepysunday]

I'll try my hand at pretty much anything Sweetleaf!!!

That's worth remembering ;D

[Plocket]

[Chuckles]

drbill said:

sweetleaf said:

I remember the sainted Geoff Hamilton making troughs with a special mix of cement and compost.......Ill see if I can track it down. It would help if I remembered what he called it

Hypertufa?

Thanks for the link drbill, here it is again if anyone wants a go

Hypertufa

As I said in Gdn Chat......A friend of mine covered a Belfast Sink with something like this, as I remember it looked very effective. I was going to do a Pink glazed pot of mine last year and never got round to it. Think you need to put some PVA on glazed stuff first to help the mix key to it.

I've put mine on my list of jobs for this year but it's pretty much near the bottom

[Dr Bill]

I promised a picture of my hypertufa covered sink.Here it is. The hypertufa has come away in places and I want to replant it. I think alpine sinks look best freshly planted. They never seem to look as good in later years somehow