Pro tip- if you let some of the air out of your yoga ball, stick a funnel in the hole and put a few cups of sand in it before blowing it back up, that adds movable weight to it, so it doesn't roll around when you are putting your cement on it.
Love how you show the struggle and allow yourself to be vulnerable. Makes me feel more normal as I attempt my own DIY projects. Thanks for your great content and ideas
I love everyone ! 100 years ago when I was a child I was involved with a summer camp we made the coolest sculpture that I have never forgotten what you do is you take a plane balloon you wanted a little bit to blow it up first so it’s maybe around the size of your glass smallest glass orb about that size when you blow it up but we didn’t blow it up well they did is they very carefully just took the balloon and put the opening just gently around a funnel the funnel then was filled with plaster of Paris that stuff drys very. MORE TO COME DEB
You are the undisputed sultan of cement!!! I am going to try three sizes using the fabric technique with lighter fabric. I might just leave the balls in the shell. Thanks so much!!
I love these. I would try tearing the towel/ fabric into 4 inch to 5 inch squares. Then cover the ball with one layer of squares, leaving gaps where necessary. Then cover the gaps with additional squares. It will give it a nice texture and avoid having the multiple layers of fabric at one end of the ball.
I love your personality and the way you approach your art…..”this is just me, no retakes, no trying to be perfect.” I appreciate that let your viewers see the imperfections and the ooops that happened. I’m subscribing.
This is magnificent! I can't wait to make one. I knew if I kept that damn ball I'd find something to use it for. Only took nine years. I was afraid I was going to have to start exercising. Also, I have to say your mistakes are more interesting than any perfect ones I've seen on other sites.
I can appreciate how long this video took to make. I cannot choose my favorite as I loved them all but if I had to I actually liked the two smaller ones on the coffee table. I love your channel. Love your humor.
Those were some huge projects! They turned out well. My favorites were the “travertine” orbs and the shot of them on your coffee table was 👌🏻. Thank you for these tutorials you do. I look forward to your videos. Keep them coming!
I HAVE to do this project. I took my 13yo son river rafting in Costa Rica in 1996 and the country is full of ancient stone spheres. People have them in their yards, fields, everywhere. They don't know the ancient purpose for the spheres. THANK YOU!
Project 3 really was a good save and the pitted surface looked better than the smooth sphere. For project 4 you should have used cotton fabric don't you think?
I think if you went with like first aid gauze instead of the towel that would be thinner and you could do several layers and I think that would look great for the texture of it and it would make a nice hard shell but be lighter weight
These Are Perfect!! We moved to FL last year. Drastically downsized into a Small, 1 story, stucco that kinda has a mid century modern look in front. I'm playing on that looks & had the bushes along the front pulled out. Designed a curved bed. The plan is a riverbed rock ground cover over plastic. Only 3 cuts for something live. Then use pots for plants, flowers. I Want Large Rocks. They are too expensive. So I will make them. I've been watching so many diy videos on it. THEN, you showed up on my page. These are perfect for my look. I might even say easier too. We'll see lol. Perfect for the clean MSM look. Well, a Modern, MSM, Florida Coastal, tropical look. I'm so excited.
The glass balls turned out pretty good, but I would have either used less cement and coated the inside a few times between drying - or- I might have just painted the outside of the globes and leave them galss. Maybe, I dunno. I have way too many inflatable balls I've collected for cement projects. Ha! Ha! I'm definitely going to try the rope one with twisted strands of cloth. I'll probably sew cloth strips together to make a long piece about 3"-4" wide to twist, or maybe I'll find some interesting ribbon-like material somewhere. Thanks for the inspo! ✌️😎 Do you ever try to make more refined pieces? I have a box of cement called feather finish, it's very fine, making sanding it to a polish easier. I saw it in a cement countertop video. I haven't tried it yet but I bought it for a mushroom art project. I plan to polish and stain/paint the oversized mushroom caps in earthy neutrals with splashes of dirty/dingy jewel colors. I don't do videos, but I might try a video for the mushroom project because I think it's going to turn out pretty awesome!
this is so funny! i was just trying to figure out what to do with a non used fireplace that wasn't logs or a flat screen (cover) and i was googling this title over and over again with mixed results!
I love painting with my hands. The messier the more fun. I think the glass globes were my fav. But I definitely loved the first big yoga ball technique. Loved this. Thanks for sharing!!!
I loved all these spheres. I have done similar forms, much smaller of course, with ceramic clay bodies. The stippling on your smaller glass created spheres is the most common finish I use. You showed that the possibilities/applications of these art pieces is limited only by geography and imagination. Sometimes thin walls struggle in extreme climate swings, just going thicker and dealing with the additional weight makes sense.
Just a heads up brother, you can use wood glue PVA as a bonding agent also if you use dish detergent it will give you something like an aero bar effect but weakens the concrete significantly.
Wow - the happy accident with the glass light fixtures looks amazing. They look so high end styled on the coffee table. I love the texture and look your hammer added to the finish.
I love your channel! Love all your ideas! Great inspiration here and fun! You do a great job..and you are just so down to earth and fun! Glad I'm a new subsciber! Looking forward to the cement ideas love the wood ideas and many more!! !
They’re all good but I think I like the small ones on your coffee table the best. Probably because I live in an apt and they’re the only kind I could use. 😊
You should've draped the towel over the ball, and let the edges just drape down til it started to dry and shaped the towel edges flavored out and used it for a planter to go with the orbs. Because the towel gets so heavy when you do your way. Check out some of the Asian videos, they make all kinds of cement pots orbs etc... I love the small ones you painted and the biggest one!!
Jorge, I was so so looking forward to see you deflating and removing that yoga ball on camera since in my mind the way you used that cement bandage and the ridges of the ball, that was going to be a permanent part of the cement ball. I think had you chosen a yoga ball without ridges and then wrapped it in cling film or a big plastic bag before adding the bandages, it would have been easy/easier/possible to remove the yoga ball.
The "travertine" balls look great on your coffee table! Stroke of genius to distress them.
Pro tip- if you let some of the air out of your yoga ball, stick a funnel in the hole and put a few cups of sand in it before blowing it back up, that adds movable weight to it, so it doesn't roll around when you are putting your cement on it.
My favorite by far was the one that looked like a ball of yarn. Really like the ones made from the glass globes too! All of them were very cool!
Thanks Laurie! 😁
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Love this !!! What kind of tape did you use?
Love how you show the struggle and allow yourself to be vulnerable. Makes me feel more normal as I attempt my own DIY projects. Thanks for your great content and ideas
I love everyone ! 100 years ago when I was a child I was involved with a summer camp we made the coolest sculpture that I have never forgotten what you do is you take a plane balloon you wanted a little bit to blow it up first so it’s maybe around the size of your glass smallest glass orb about that size when you blow it up but we didn’t blow it up well they did is they very carefully just took the balloon and put the opening just gently around a funnel the funnel then was filled with plaster of Paris that stuff drys very. MORE TO COME DEB
These turned out very well.
Awesome!!! Love how "real" you are, no fakeness! The glass globe balls actually look really great!! Well done!
Have you considered creating a concrete snowman?
Yes! Don’t stop making videos. I love your ideas!
Love these!
You are the undisputed sultan of cement!!! I am going to try three sizes using the fabric technique with lighter fabric. I might just leave the balls in the shell. Thanks so much!!
Love the twine one. Really good. Metal colors will be great with those
Well done, Jorge! You crushed it.
Love the textured balls!
They would make a nice water fountain.
The CEMENT SPHERES were my favorite. For the Christmas, Holidays add LED lights
I love them all.
Awesome I love the globe balls they look like the moon
I loved them all… especially #3 when you beat them up! ⭕️🌀🔘🟤
Keep up the great work!!!
Thanks!
The larger ball's in your yard can be used as great extra seating...wonderful idea...
They look fabulous on your coffee table!!!
The two "mistake" balls are my favorites! They came out so great!
I love these. I would try tearing the towel/ fabric into 4 inch to 5 inch squares. Then cover the ball with one layer of squares, leaving gaps where necessary. Then cover the gaps with additional squares. It will give it a nice texture and avoid having the multiple layers of fabric at one end of the ball.
Love this must try!
Great job. Love these orbs.
I love your personality and the way you approach your art…..”this is just me, no retakes, no trying to be perfect.” I appreciate that let your viewers see the imperfections and the ooops that happened. I’m subscribing.
This is magnificent! I can't wait to make one. I knew if I kept that damn ball I'd find something to use it for. Only took nine years. I was afraid I was going to have to start exercising. Also, I have to say your mistakes are more interesting than any perfect ones I've seen on other sites.
I can appreciate how long this video took to make. I cannot choose my favorite as I loved them all but if I had to I actually liked the two smaller ones on the coffee table. I love your channel. Love your humor.
Wow amazing!! I love them allll
Loved all of these!
my favorite r the very small ones
used as decor
luv ur chnl great DIY ideas
Those were some huge projects! They turned out well.
My favorites were the “travertine” orbs and the shot of them on your coffee table was 👌🏻.
Thank you for these tutorials you do. I look forward to your videos. Keep them coming!
Thanks Rebekah! I look forward to your sweet comments 😁
what portion of the video displayed the travertine you mention? THANK YOU
@@hissonshinegirl From 15:53
I Think you did an excellent job with all of them. Least favorite was the one with the towel. The most favorite is the one with the rope.
I HAVE to do this project. I took my 13yo son river rafting in Costa Rica in 1996 and the country is full of ancient stone spheres. People have them in their yards, fields, everywhere. They don't know the ancient purpose for the spheres. THANK YOU!
Admirable arte. Gracias Jorge por compartir tus experiencias.
Project 3 really was a good save and the pitted surface looked better than the smooth sphere. For project 4 you should have used cotton fabric don't you think?
I really enjoyed the video and the end result was spectacular !
Love the variation in texture on the glass cast balls. Nice save.
I think they all turned out great. But if I had to choose the rope one I like the best. Thanks for sharing.
I think if you went with like first aid gauze instead of the towel that would be thinner and you could do several layers and I think that would look great for the texture of it and it would make a nice hard shell but be lighter weight
These Are Perfect!! We moved to FL last year. Drastically downsized into a Small, 1 story, stucco that kinda has a mid century modern look in front. I'm playing on that looks & had the bushes along the front pulled out. Designed a curved bed. The plan is a riverbed rock ground cover over plastic. Only 3 cuts for something live. Then use pots for plants, flowers. I Want Large Rocks. They are too expensive. So I will make them. I've been watching so many diy videos on it. THEN, you showed up on my page. These are perfect for my look. I might even say easier too. We'll see lol. Perfect for the clean MSM look. Well, a Modern, MSM, Florida Coastal, tropical look. I'm so excited.
I think the open one is the prettiest and they all look good together 🤩
I knew that if anyone could do it you could. Thank you Mr 1-2-3
First time watcher! Love what you do! Can't waite to see more!
Super awesome tutorial!! Thank you for sharing and for the inspiration!
The imperfections were perfect!
Love them all.
Favorite for me… the 2 light fixtures. ❤️
Im so glad i found this channel
Distressed orbs look like moons. Love these ideas. Thank you!
I love that you are willing to do that hard projects that take time. Great job!
I like the natural look of the beach ball one. That's the one I would do. They are all nice, great job.
OMG I'm EXCITED!!! Excitement satisfied I love number #1 & #3 the best.
🎉🎉 thanks for watching!
The glass balls turned out pretty good, but I would have either used less cement and coated the inside a few times between drying - or- I might have just painted the outside of the globes and leave them galss. Maybe, I dunno.
I have way too many inflatable balls I've collected for cement projects. Ha! Ha!
I'm definitely going to try the rope one with twisted strands of cloth. I'll probably sew cloth strips together to make a long piece about 3"-4" wide to twist, or maybe I'll find some interesting ribbon-like material somewhere. Thanks for the inspo! ✌️😎
Do you ever try to make more refined pieces? I have a box of cement called feather finish, it's very fine, making sanding it to a polish easier. I saw it in a cement countertop video. I haven't tried it yet but I bought it for a mushroom art project. I plan to polish and stain/paint the oversized mushroom caps in earthy neutrals with splashes of dirty/dingy jewel colors. I don't do videos, but I might try a video for the mushroom project because I think it's going to turn out pretty awesome!
this is so funny! i was just trying to figure out what to do with a non used fireplace that wasn't logs or a flat screen (cover)
and i was googling this title over and over again with mixed results!
I love them all. I collect rocks anyway, so these are right up my alley.
That is a very cool speaker!
Catch me blasting 2000s hits while making content at home. I'm obsessed with it 😂😍
I love painting with my hands. The messier the more fun. I think the glass globes were my fav. But I definitely loved the first big yoga ball technique. Loved this. Thanks for sharing!!!
I like the lamp shade method. These would be great in garden beds with smaller plants and grasses.
Omg i love the idea and also i love the speaker!
The ones you thought you messed up are my favorites... but I love them all!
Loved this video! Especially the first two balls!
Thank you, glad you loved it!
I love all of the cement projects...great.
Thanks Debbie!
I loved all these spheres. I have done similar forms, much smaller of course, with ceramic clay bodies. The stippling on your smaller glass created spheres is the most common finish I use. You showed that the possibilities/applications of these art pieces is limited only by geography and imagination. Sometimes thin walls struggle in extreme climate swings, just going thicker and dealing with the additional weight makes sense.
I really love the rope technique! Very cool!
Just a heads up brother, you can use wood glue PVA as a bonding agent also if you use dish detergent it will give you something like an aero bar effect but weakens the concrete significantly.
Nice job love each of them !
cool balls! lattice one is very sharp with the color and the final touch shine. Thanks Jorge!
Thank you, glad you like them!
I loved ALL OF THESE!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
FABULOUS! I love when you work with cement. I love them all. TFS xoxo
Loved these. Think I will make some of the beachball/rope orbs and stake them to the ground with landscape stakes so they don't fly away in the wind.
You should definitely give it a try!
OMG!! I've been looking for this for awhile. Your methods are easy peasy. Can't wait to try them. Thanks.
I certainly will try making some of the orbs. Great videos.
So worth it! I LOVE them. I’m inspired.
I think you did fantastic I love all of them.So many options Thankyou Wow
Your awesome. Loving your vids.
omg i can't wait to try this! super amazing share :)
Love the texture you made on the concrete balls. So much more interesting than just cement.
14:56 I think it's Wabi Sabi, appreciating beauty in imperfection.
Love them all!
Wow - the happy accident with the glass light fixtures looks amazing. They look so high end styled on the coffee table. I love the texture and look your hammer added to the finish.
Hello from Daytona Beach. I Love your cement/concrete content.
Thank you so much! I appreciate it
I love your channel! Love all your ideas! Great inspiration here and fun! You do a great job..and you are just so down to earth and fun! Glad I'm a new subsciber! Looking forward to the cement ideas love the wood ideas and many more!! !
The 3rd project is actually my fav!
They’re all good but I think I like the small ones on your coffee table the best. Probably because I live in an apt and they’re the only kind I could use. 😊
The rope ball is my favorite. I can see having three of them, each painted a different color, like orange, lime green, and lilac purple!
ALSO WOULD BE COOL TO MACREME AROUND ONE THEN POUR CEMENT ON IT
Loved the one with the rope! So great!
I Like them All. Thank you for sharing.
Really liked the first three of the balls especiallly the one where you textured with claw of the hammer super sophisticated
You should've draped the towel over the ball, and let the edges just drape down til it started to dry and shaped the towel edges flavored out and used it for a planter to go with the orbs. Because the towel gets so heavy when you do your way. Check out some of the Asian videos, they make all kinds of cement pots orbs etc... I love the small ones you painted and the biggest one!!
I liked the rope ball. Great vidio!
Fun, Fun, Fun. Love it.
Love, love, love the rope one. You're a great teacher. Keep up the good work.
This looks fun. I will definitely do this soon. Thank you for posting.
These are so fun!
Jorge, I was so so looking forward to see you deflating and removing that yoga ball on camera since in my mind the way you used that cement bandage and the ridges of the ball, that was going to be a permanent part of the cement ball. I think had you chosen a yoga ball without ridges and then wrapped it in cling film or a big plastic bag before adding the bandages, it would have been easy/easier/possible to remove the yoga ball.
I like the rope sphere. Can’t wait to try them.
Great job on all of them my fav was the rope one and the exercise ball!
Love this video !
The first, largest ball worked out the best, also I am also fond of (and will try) making the open-network-of-ropes sphere, as well.