Concrete Leaf Casting
Using a pile of wet sand form the pile to create.
Concrete leaf casting. Pick up your rhubard leaf we see rhubarb stems in supermarket they can be widely used in many recipes. Cover the sand mold with plastic. Start pressing concrete to the center of the leaf making it about 1 1 5 thick tapering to about 1 2 3 4 thick at the edges. This ligularia leaf is cast in concrete and sits atop a copper rod and would look lovely among the plants in your favorite part of the garden.
Choose a leaf with deep visibly defined veins pour the concrete. Put another thin layer of concrete on and finish the edges. Select a leaf with a nice shape and free of holes and tears. Concrete sand cast birdbath brief how to.
Place your leaf on top of the plastic sheeting that is covering the mound of sand. Concrete leaf casting step 1. Diy concrete leaf garden projects picture instructions video 01. Put a fairly thin layer of concrete on the leaf.
Place your leaf vein side up on the plastic. See more ideas about concrete leaves cement leaves concrete. Cover with plastic and allow to cure slowly. Mar 27 2019 explore small island creations s board concrete leaf casting on pinterest.
Small white or purple flowers would be a lovely contrast with the green and copper finish of the casting. Then fit a precut piece of chicken wire to the back of the leaf. Again make sure that you cut the stem off the leaf. Construction how to make cement leaf pot concrete leaf casting cement leaves sand and cement thanks for watching subscribe share.
This concrete rhubarb leaf has been hand cast using a real rhubarb leaf and no two are alike as the leaf used in the casting process is discarded after use. 12 tall x 11 inches at the widest point. It has been lovingly hand painted in beautiful and vibrant metallic colors and sealed with a high gloss enamel sealer. Make sure the veiny side is turned up and that it is centered on the mound of sand.
Roberta walked us through the steps involved in making the concrete leaves including mixing the concrete adding colorant mounding sand choosing leaves working with the underside of the leaf building up the concrete smoothing the bottom with a brush and adding a copper fitting if we wanted to put our cast leaf on a copper pipe pedestal for a raised bird bath or feeder.