| Hello Group...I'm a regular at the Hypertufa Forum, but just found you guys and wondered if any of you had an interest in creating concrete garden art. The fancy French term for one of the styles I do is "Faux Bois", which just means "false wood". Usually in the form of garden tables, chairs, benches and such, but I just finished something a little different. I just installed a dedication plaque post in the form of a small Cypress stump with knees for the Mercer Arboretum in Houston, Texas...and, along the way I recorded the process for crafting such pieces to share with the folks in the Hypertufa Group. If anyone here is interested, just take a look at the Photo Album titled "Mercer Arboretum Plaque Post" on the link below. Hope this is a reasonable fit for the group, as I look forward to checking in from time to time now that I've found you.
All my best...
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Here is a link that might be useful: Mercer Arboretum Plaque Post
| kbe --- try a search on the "Hypertufa" forum for either my handle (tango88) or "faux bois". I've posted quite a lot of info there over the last year or so. I am also working on a "How To" book on the subject and just got a huge boost yesterday. Friend & fellow sculptor by the name of Carlos Cortes has agreed to collaborate on the project. He is the third generation heir to a family that has collectively done the best work ever produced. And a really nice guy. Today he is the reigning master of the art and has created original commission works for people like Martha Stewart. If you would like to see some of the pieces his family has produced over the last 80 years or so, I just added about 25 pix to a new album at the link below (see the album titled Carlos Cortes). Some were taken at his studio in San Antonio, Texas and others at an exhibition going on now at The Botanical Gardens there. The show is titled "Trabajo Rustico" (Rustic Work). Enjoy. If you have trouble pulling up the old posts, let me know and I'll see if I have saved copies I could forward. PS ...Been having trouble with Yahoo Photos all day. You may have to keep checking back (?). All my best |
Here is a link that might be useful: See Album
| Not sure what the problem is with Yahoo Photos, but here is another try at linking to the "Album" page. See the one titled "Carlos Cortes" for some amazing garden art Faux Bois sculptures. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Another Attempt to Link to Albums
