Making a Stone Bird Bath // Maker's Challenge 2023
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- This was a really enjoyable project for me to work on, and I think it came out rather well, and I learned a lot in the process which I will be applying to future projects.
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Watching your video gave me the courage to break out my angle grinder and purchase a cutting wheel and cold chisel. The end result was a very nice garden birdbath that my wife and i will enjoy for years to come. Thanks for posting your video.
This makes me delighted to hear.
Now THAT’S a cereal bowl! Love your sense of humor. 😂 Seriously, it is a beautiful bird bath.
Ha! Thank you.
What an awesome project! So much hard work went into it. I love it when creators add their other skills into a lapidary project, so unique. Well done. It’s beautiful and I hope the birdies enjoy the bird bath for years to come.
I'm glad you liked it. I enjoyed working on it.
The cereal bowl of a true rock nerd 😂 very nice work 🍻
It's a multipurpose bowl. Bird bath in the summer and a breakfast bowl in the winter!
That it stunning and I’m sure the birds will love it. Well done it’s fantastic thank you for sharing 🦋🇦🇺🦋
Thank you very much!
Well done!!!! You are so talented!!!!! PS loved the cereal gag!!!! Very funny!!!!!
Gorgeous . The birds will find it. Anytime I have added a new birdbath it usually took a few days or more
before they decided to use it.🐦
As soon as we have some weather that isn't freezing at night I will make sure to keep it full and clean!
It's BEAUTIFUL! I love it. Bowl of fruit loops...hilarious! Very, very well done.
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That is fabulous! Make more! Very attractive.
I will very likely be making some more things in the future that use some of the skills I learned with this project.
You bowled me over with your technique and thinking out of the box. I have 3 Red Marble Boulders in my yard and one of them serves as a "Bubbler" for my backyard pond. Drilled the hole for the water pump line with a hammer drill (my favorite new tool) Great job Jared. 🐦🛁
Beautiful shine awesome piece. Cereal bowl was hilarious. ❤
That was absolutely amazing Jared! It looked so beautiful and that choice of the red marble was amazing! I hope it warms up soon so we can see it in action! And anyone who knows you at all, has to know that you were ready for this makers challenge months ago. Like a year in advance! Lol! It just looks awesome and the wrought iron base is amazing too! Everybody is showing their other skills too this year! It's amazing! Thank you for entering and sharing your project!
Thank you!
I have been setting in up on our warm 50 degree days and bird have looked at it and one took a drink but I have not been able to capture a bird in it. I think its just too early.
I am however really confident that they will use it. Last summer I saw the birds drinking from the outside dog bowl and flopping around in it and that's where the idea came from.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding lol! Well I know the dog will be happy about it then! Im sure the birds will love it this summer!
Beautiful, Love how organic the final product looks. I wish I could buy it from you. Seriously.
Awesome Jarred that bowl can be used for so many things...
Love the bird bath, such a pretty colour and the wrought stand is lovely😊❤️
Thank you! I think it came out pretty good.
It's so beautiful! The marble is spectacular. Such a great idea. Congratulations.
Thank you very much!
I love it! Can I suggest an addition though? A wrought iron perch! A decorative extension of the base resembling a branch extending over the edge of the bath would be the cherry on top!
Thank you!
That birdbath/cereal bowl came out great. I've seen bathroom sinks made like that. Just drill a hole in the bottom and add the drain and there you go. My favorite are the sinks made from petrified wood. Next project for you?
A sink would be a cool project I could make in the future.
😊 I love the cereal bowl!!!
I was taken by surprise when I saw the word Birdbath. That's right up my alley!!!
I created a rock garden for the birds/wildlife and for me of course. It's been years in the making and now it's proudly recognized as an official Certified National Wildlife Habitat.
I get Bird's all year round and been thinking about how to make my own birdbath. Thanks so much for sharing this. Your Bird bath is awesome. Just an idea for you.... Birds love to hop around on rocks so you might think about adding a couple rocks to the bath. They will stand on them, fight for them and take a bath! 🦉
I can do just that! I can't wait for the birds to start visiting the bath I made for them this summer.
That's a beast of a rock. Very nice result. I agree about the contrast. Cool to see the faint color contrasts of the veins within the rough part come alive when they hit the section you polished.
Thank you very much! It was a fun project to work on.
It’s awesome! You eating Fruit Loops gave me a chuckle!
I absolutely love that! I love birds and I love rocks. You combined 2 of my favorite things!
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I Love it, it looks like a stone flower and its multi functional!
That was a great idea and really well executed. I love the drill and diamond pads. I use them all the time and always give some of the best polishes. Nice job!!
Thank you very much!
I'm looking forward to seeing your project this year.
Love your birdbath. I too thought the cereal bowl was hilarious. Keep up the good work.
Thank you!
I wondered what happened to the Military-sized Ramen Noodle Bowl was. Seriously Jared, cool creation and I'm sure many Birds will be thankful (darn dirty birds always taking bath's)..
Thank you!
Beautiful work!!! 😊
Thank you.
Beautiful work Jared. Love the cereal bowl 😂😂😂
Thank you!
Maybe a matching bowl for Sara 😊😂
That turned out awesome! I like the marble color and the stand you made! Great job! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Very impressive. Great job.
Thank you.
Cool project, stone age bird bath i`m sure the birds will appreciate it.
Thank you! I enjoyed the project.
fun stuff. As for a bird, surely someone about the neighbourhood has a pet bird. Mines a peach face lovebird and he is a curious critter and will jump into a waiting bath. Also found that house sparrows enjoy water more than a dirt dip. Perhaps a trip to a pet store . . . think free advertising. Also noted (florida) that a fountain effect will call in birds to take a dip
That’s gorgeous!
Thank you!
That is gorgeous!❤
The Froot Loops made me literally lol, and I was sitting in class. :D
Ha! :D
Cereal bowl...👊😂🤣 lmao... that is hilarious!
I LOVE IT! haha
Cheers to a great project!🎉 The birdbath turned out amazing. Birds be bathing in luxury✨
Thank you!
I can't wait to see what you come up with for your project.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding This year was a challenge for sure... But I managed to come up with a little bright idea😜
I just realized I have everything to do this. Minus the marble. Thanks for the information.
It's a good project.
LOVE THIS!! That is a very beautiful marble and excellent polish! great stand, too! LOL the cereal was funny :)
Your bird bath is absolutely gorgeous! Would love to have one ❤
Thank you very much!
That is a wonderful, functional piece of art!!
Thank you!
Never woulda thought of the angle grinder. I'd have drilled a buttload of holes and then knocked out the chunks. Turned out pretty badass.
Thank you!
Simple and cool, good luck
That was awesome! Great job!💜💜
Beautiful piece of marble! Pretty cool how you turned it into a bird bath.....obviously makes a good stone aged cereal bowl as well 😂
Ha! Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it!
That was a beautiful bird bath you did a fantastic job
Thank you very much!
I love this video. Excellent teaching too thank you.
Thank you!
Best bird bath I ever saw.
Thank you very much! I really am happy with how it turned out.
Beautiful!!!!! what incredible idea1!!!
I'm glad you liked it.
Beautiful work💕
What a great idea for a makers challenge! I loved the bird bath! So will the birds!💕🐦⬛ And maybe a few squirrels 🐿️! Lol.
The red marble and the rough and smooth contrast is super cool. So very creative but the best part was you munching cereal out of it. ❤
Thank you very much! Now all I needs is some nice weather for the birds to come out and enjoy it.
Well done sir !
Thank you very much.
❤❤❤ very nice!
Thank you
This bird bath is a great idea! It turned out to be beautiful . I'm now watching for the perfect basin for one here in our home! Thank you for the inspiration!
Thank you very much.
Very nice job! Turned out great!
Thanks buddy!
Great episode! Great work!!!!!!!
Thank you very much!
Fantastic job! Fred Flintstone fruit loops 😅
Very impressive!! ❤❤❤
Thank you!
Turned out so good, that's epic!
I'm glad you liked it.
Great birdbath! You really got a nice shine on the bowl. I like the contrast with the rough stone on the outside. And the stand looks perfect with it. Excellent work!
Thank you! I also really like the contrast with it.
That's awesome! My parents found a sedimentary rock with a fairly flat face so I used the same process to get the surface uniform with the concrete grinder and then polish it up as close as I could to a mirror finish. I couldn't get rid of all of the indents in the timeframe I had but it turned out pretty good! Thanks for all of your awesome tips!
Nice work Jared! Can't wait to see some video of little guests soliciting your bath
As soon as we get some warm weather and I start to see the birds around the garden I will catch a photo of them.
Best bird bath I've ever seen. Would love to have one like it. Awesome job Jared!
Thank you!
You basically did this how I started cutting and polishing rocks......Angle grinder, diamond cut wheel, polishing pads, drill etc...
Sometimes the basic are all you need.
You knocked it out of the park. Most EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!
Thank you!
That's the perfect sized cereal bowl! Absolutely love the bird bath, very creative and beautiful!
Thank you!
That looks so awesome! Top notch as always.
Thank you!
This was awesome and funny! Congrats
Great project. The marble you used was lovely and well worth the labor intensive process. It really turned out to be a beautiful stone sculpture and I'm sure the birds will love it. Do you have more large format rock projects in mind now? Thank you for sharing, it makes me want to pull out the angle grinder and start one. Cheers!
Thank you! I do have some ideas for other projects like this and some improvements I can make with other tools that I might try to get in the coming months.
It really is nice working with solid marble like this.
Very cool.
Ok im legitimately impressed. Kudos good sir
Thank you.
That is so cool!!! Man what an awesome idea and that is one stunning piece of marble! I really like that you left most of it raw and only polished the inside, it really makes the color of the dish pop a lot more! Beautiful work and i can not wait to see a spring update with some birds in there!😁 also gonna have to fill it with ramen at some point😂 fantastic project and thank you so much for being a part of the challenge!😄
Thank you very much!
I think if I fill it with ramen I will for sure get some birds at it! :D
I think that cereal bowl turned out great! 😆 I really like the stand also. You’ll have to update us some Saturday this summer when the birds are using it
I can't wait to take some photos of birds using it.
That’s awesome!!
Thank you!
You did a great job....I love the option of a cereal bowl 😁
Thank you!
Your skill set and combination of metal and stone. Love it....😅 especially as a cereal bowl 😂!
Thank you.
I loved this! Eating cereal out of it was an excellent addition to the video!
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I need to do what you do...and have things ready before the challenge! 😅
So much time goes into what you did and it's hard to convey it on film. You did a wonderful job and at some point, I would like yo make something similar.
My grinder is kind out of commission for lapidary projects right now.
Looking forward to what you come up with next!
It sure is a time consuming project but it was also a fun one.
I plan doing some more bowls in the future as well but I want to get some bowl carving attachments.
fun!! 😄
I love it
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👁👁 wonderful….
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Awesome!
Thank you!
Hi Jarod, I think the bird bath is a great project and some pretty nice work on it as well.
Love the “caveman breakfast bowl” though it would be a bitch doing the washing up with a set. 😂😂
Gave me some thoughts to consider for future projects. Looks great. 👍
I will need to make a stone sink big enough to wash this bowl for my next project.
Maybe next time you could make a set of dishes 😂🤣😂
Ha! :D
Now THAT’S a bird bath! Very cool project and execution. And wow…that marble is stunning! Is the marble from the PNW?
It is from the Washington state.
Omgosh 😯 that's soooooo freakin ' cool 😎 what a very clever and unique way to give back to the earth bro ! This is so hard to pick a favorite This year. Montana Rock Moms gorgeous hook to hang her pack, KatDid Rock's gorgeous lighted serving tray...see 👀 so many unique ways. I can't choose 😩 so not gonna lol 😆 you're all inspiring 💓 thanks 👍🏼 so your all winners bro ! Much love from Michigan 💦💙
The week isn't even half done! I expect to see some really great projects from people.
It's not giving back to the earth. 😂😂😂
* WOW ~ Lovely! ~ However, Can the Birds walk around on that shiny surface to get out? Just wondering if they need rough patches? ~ Such a Cool idea.. Love it.. Question: Was that a piece of wood for the Birds or a piece of Petrified Wood you put in for a "Ramp".. CUTE & Useful..
I can answer that for you. Yes, a bird can easily get in and out of that bird bath. I've had many bird baths through years. The birds will love this one. It's definitely more natural for them. Great idea leaving the rim like that.
Thank you.
Birds will have no issue getting in and out of this bath as its between 1" and 1 1/2" deep.
The piece of wood in it is to help bugs get out if they land in the water.
Thank you! Yes I think birds will have no issue with this bath since they have a few different landing options and the bath is rather shallow unlike so many bird baths on the market where if you actually filled them it would be like a deep pool for a little chickadee and I think its unlikely for them use it.
Silly question, i have the exact bird bath 20 years now, but i noticed the bottom is starting to crack but luckily it's not leaking water yet. Can I use cement to cover that spot ?
Well, I don't know if I would say it's the same really since I made this one.
I would try filling the cracks with epoxy.
How long did it take to finish the bowl part?
I spent about 7 hours on the bowl.
Can you make me one for eating cereal 😂
I would like to make another more refined bowl in the future.
Normally if a birdbath is too smooth, birds won't use it.
Birds use this a lot in summer, they mostly drink from it.
@@CurrentlyRockhoundingI was trying to save you some smoothing work lol
That turned out really nice. I’ve made a few bowls myself, and understand just how long it takes. I made mine just like yours, except I completely flattened out the bottoms since I wasn’t putting them on a stand like you did. Nice stand, by the way.
Thank you very much! They sure are a time consuming project, I did watch a few videos in preparation for this project including yours which was very helpful.
Now that's a long term project. Carving is a lot of work. Great job.
Thank you very much. I did enjoy it a lot and will likely take on some bigger projects like this in the future as well.
Beautiful marble birdbath! What a treat to see your iron work skills
Thank you!
I should try to incorporate more iron work into some of my projects.
thats a fun one for sure! got home late , and just now sitting down to watch. hope it warms up soon for you guys, not too hot but enough for the birds to swim . happy challenge 2023 !
That's flippin awesome! Hilarious you eating cereal out of it. Seriously, loved it. Great work!
Thank you!
A driftwood stand could look amazing with this masterpiece
Very cool, I like the raw and smooth contrasting together. Thanks for sharing. Did that marble come from up by Waitts?
The marble came from a mine in Stevens County Washington.
Awesome bird bath Jared! I love that stone. Oh, did you enjoy your fruit loops 😉
Thank you.
That red marble is great. I collected a nice piece years ago, but forgot where it came from. I know it is from north of Spokane. What is the name of the quarry it comes from? (if you don’t mind). I’d like to make a video of the sample I collected.😊
It only come from one mine out here in Stevens county that I know of which is where you likely went as well. Shoot me an email and ill drop you a GPS pin for it.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding thx very much! That sounds like the place!