CEMENT MOONS/CEMENT "CLAY" RECIPE

Moon faces made awhile back with various mortar recipes. Most have held up well. I've settled on a recipe using 5 parts sand, 3 parts clay, 2 parts Portland cement, and 3 parts builder's lime. Sometimes I add a small gob of asphalt emulsion. Maliable and durable for outside.

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Ferrocement Totem Pole II

This is a two sided effort that stands about 8 ft. tall, made from a treated 4x4 post covered with hardware cloth and chicken wire. I've been using a mortar recipe that includes sand, clay dust, portland cement, builder's lime, joint compound, and asphalt emulsion. I used exterior wood stain to color it.

Ferrocement Totem Pole I

Made in 2022. This is a permanant installation -- an embedded 4x4 x 10 layered with hardware cloth and modeled with a ferrocement recipe that includes Portland cement, clay dust, builder's lime, and sand. Colored with exterior wood stain.

"Little Blues Man" Polymer Clay/Mixed Media

This little plastic frame came from the local thrift and is about 8" tall. I cut an oval out of a piece of 2x10 and backed it with some lauan to make a shadow box. The figure is Super Sculpey. The guitar is luan, toothpicks, and thread.

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