DIY life size concrete garden sculpture, statue, garden art from recycled junk
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2024
- I built a life size garden statue of a swagman camping by my little dam as a piece of garden art in the Australian section of my garden. This is was my first attempt and it was really easy if you set out to do it over a couple of weeks like I did. I used recycled materials and less than $100 in cement.
Thanks for actually talking and explaining things rather than rubbish music. Love your work.
its been a few years since i did this and I can report the statue is still there and it has been through one bush fire and no damage other than some black smoke marks 🤣
It’s really cool 🎉
I’ve been wanting to do something like this for a long time. I love how you just plow through it and get it done. Love it!
It’s not that hard really, I e no experience whatsoever. The good thing it you can set it up and do it piece by piece over weeks if you like
This guy is an artistic version of Steve Irwin. 23:53 is pure gold! :D
😄I had so much fun! Love your enthousiasme! It's catchy! :) It was as if I was doing the sculpture with you. You really did a good job! Just one thing , HIS EYES spook the hell out of me🤣THANK YOU SO MUCH. Was really helpful. :)
Like most things i do i don't start with a plan, I just start. Then I got to his face and went hunting around the shed and all i had was some old marbles so, that will do, and yes when you first do the face and the concrete is wet they do stick out. My guy has been down my bush garden for a couple of years now, the concrete has gone all white and has some moss on it in places and the eyes don't stick out so much anymore. Thanks so much for your reply.
I love this. I make wire garden sculpture forms filled with plants and soil. I usually just use various mosses, sedums or ground cover made for foot traffic or whatever I can propagate or divide out of my garden.
I can only imagine how heavy the concrete is as my larger soiled filled forms are heavy. I love watching your personality and seeing the process is great. I haven’t worked with concrete but my son is a construction worker and he built my sidewalks to my greenhouse. Looks like a mother son project 😊
Thank you for sharing!!!
Can't wait to try this. Love your delightful tutorial .
Love your energy 🤣
Great job Ian. You are proof if you put your mind to it, with a little planning and imagination you can do anything.
Wow. So creative. Hats off to ur enthusiam
This has to be the best video I have ever watched. I doubted you every step of the way but you smashed it mate. Your excitable personality was so entertaining. 10/10 for effort. 🤣👍👏👏
You did a great job!
Greetings from New York👍cool video dude
thank you
You crack me up! Nice job mate!
I been looking for a demonstration like this for awhile...thanks so much
This was so much fun to watch thanks Ian
I do a lot of concrete art stuff but my goodness that is great really enjoyed the video and looking forward to trying one myself
That is awesome...great job, no one would notice he didn't have ears... lol
The next one I did I finally got some ears on it, then it was a statue of my dad and he had ears so had to work something up ha ha
@@AmaphuphoFarm That's great.
Great work man I love your art and patience ❤️
Thank you so much 😀
👍👍👍😀 Amazing
Nice tutorial 🥰
Thank you 🤗
nothing short of genius
I haven't laughed this hard in a long time, (when you were picking up the concrete and putting it back in the pants) I loved the way it turned out. How sturdy is it? I think I'm going to try one in my garden. I may even add his bed roll for a place to sit.
@@AmaphuphoFarm good to hear, I will look forward to trying my hand at my own swagman after all the tuckpointing and have some fencing that needs to go up first. (maybe I could get stuff done faster if I stayed off TH-cam LOL)
Awesome!
Your as mad as a wire brush but I like it. 😝
Отличная работа!
This is great!
Du hast es dir wirklich sehr schwer gemacht 🤔 es geht viel einfacher .Aber trotzdem ist es gut geworden 😉😊
How long does it last? If it’s hollow does it break away if you get lots of rain?
I think it's a forever thing. Mine are full of concrete and steel wiring, I can't see it falling apart any more than a concrete pathway. This particular statue has fallen over once and been in a small bush fire another time and remains undamaged. The cloths that create the shell to hold the concrete are totally soaked in concrete in the making and if they were to rot over time they leave a pattern in the concrete just the same. My only worry might be the hats as they have a lighter coating of concrete but 10 years at least they should last and are easily replaceable. I have a couple of these statues now and they have been through some wet seasons and they are as strong as when they were built. I hope that helps.
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oh i am afraid Look so horrible 🥺🥺😳
This was ingenious! Wonderful! Inspiring! Thanks so much 💕
I've been watching a few tutorials on how to make a sculpture, this one was definitely my favourite, gonna make a female one using your idea, thank you
Awesome! Thank you! Good luck, it's easy if you take your time