Lightweight garden sculpture
Learn how to create delightful creatures to display in your home or garden
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Looking to add a splash of color and charm to your home or garden?
This course will give you the tools to build foam-based concrete garden sculptures that are light enough to carry and resilient enough to be placed outdoors.
By the end of this 14-part video series, you will learn how to design, assemble and carve a foam substrate before covering it in concrete cement and fiberglass mesh.
The reinforced cement coating will allow you to apply your tesserae of choice, be it tile, glass, stone, bead or found object art.
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Your Instructor
Katherine is an acclaimed mosaic artist whose work has been commissioned by cities, schools and other patrons around the country. She has been teaching at her studio in Fullerton, CA and in schools throughout Orange County for more than 15 years.
Course Curriculum
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StartCourse introduction (2:22)
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StartBuying supplies (5:42)
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StartChoose a design (1:10)
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StartCreate a pattern from your design (1:34)
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StartTrace patterns on to foam panels (2:58)
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StartCut out foam core cross sections (4:39)
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StartHow to load a caulking gun (0:57)
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StartGlue foam cross-sections together (2:56)
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StartCarve and shape your foam substrate (15:28)
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StartInsert PCV receptacle (for pole-mounted designs) (6:43)
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StartBuild a stand to mount your sculpture (1:31)
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StartPrep cement and apply to substrate (14:56)
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StartApply second coat of cement to substrate (4:32)
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StartTips for applying tesserae to your substrate (5:25)
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StartA tip on grouting before we say 'good-bye' (1:14)