Here is a bit of what last summer was.  Toooooo-Busy!  But I did get to art a lot.  Here is a sampling of my new works with hypertufa: a portland cement, sand, and peat mix.  The sculptures are suffering their first wintering and next year they will be set in place to grace the garden.  The dinosaur planters will be filled with various sempervivum and hardy sedum.   I can’t wait!  If you ever get a chance to play with hupertufa then do so.

This guy was my first attempt at a standing hypertufa. His back will be filled with soil and planted up. I left his eyes and mouth open so that I can plant plants inside of them.

This guy was my first attempt at a standing hypertufa. His back will be filled with soil and planted up. I left his eyes and mouth open so that I can plant plants inside of them.

dinosaur-planterbox-1

What he could look like next year!

land-hippo

Beware, the hippo is the most dangerous of animals. This land hippo is particularly sneaky.

hands-hypertufa

These were a bit tricky as the fingers would often break off when I cut the glove off. I found if I let them cure for longer then it helped, but still I had to take my time when de-gloving them.

This guy has a wire frame underneath. I built him up in two sessions so that I could have a stronger frame

This guy has a wire frame underneath. I built him up in two sessions so that I could have a stronger frame