BUILDING THE ART GARDEN

The Cement Shed

This following video shows the development of a ferro cement/papercrete process

I have been experimenting with these processes for years to learn how to build giant sculptural garden spaces as a work of art

This cement shed is my first completed space ...nearly



The video shows over 2 years work in one minute and 30 seconds

Building The Cement Shed

Over the last 2 years I have been developing the cement shed as a 'once a month Sunday afternoon hobby'

Its like I had to steal time in order to work on it

So for years I would walk out my back door and see this half finished messy project screaming for my attention



Then earlier this year - inspired by my own suggestions of exploring different materials and genres in the blog 'expand'
here is a link to 'E.X.P.A.N.D'
which comes with free printables for the process, available to use, on that linked page

anyway...I created a plethora of half finished projects and completley overwhelmed myself



It was very stressful ...



.... then I had an 'aha' moment at two in the morning with the answer to my overwhelm



....it was to completely change my personality and become a different person

become one of those people that FINISH things



....also be cleaner, lose weight, eat better, exercise blah blah blah

but one thing at a time ... and so I decided to FINISH a major project



I have quite a few on the go ... Building the Art Garden takes on many forms

because I am building the Art Garden online, as well as off



but it was very obvious that the cement shed should be my first major completion

because not only is it right outside my back door and incredibly visually obvious to me

but the final rendering of the shed is the culmination of years spent on reinventing a papercrete ferro cement process

and is the foundation of the entire Art Garden building design asthetic

Designing The Cement Shed

The cement shed is my space for sculpting cement

its open and airy so the dust can blow through

I can make a huge mess



and it is designed to display the sculptures and bowls while they curing

because the lime cement takes at least 30 days until its ready for sealing

true curing can take up to a year



I also needed something I can film in

because I will eventually be creating courses in cement sculpting

and this is the perfect backdrop



but the main premise of the cement shed was to create an uplifted space to create art in

because I believe it will improve the art I make

surely you make better art in gorgeous spaces

the aesthetic will demand it



The ultimate vision was to have a stunning space

where I clean up after myself when Im done -

because everything is SO ORDERED that if stuff is lying around ..your compelled to put it away to get your gorgous look back

like a Marie Kondo makeover



In order to create the perfect room for myself to create in I followed the advice I created in the blog 'space'
here is a link to 'S.P.A.C.E'
which comes with free printables for the process, available to use, on that linked page



so I hope that this inpires you to spend some time improving your own area where you make your art

it really is worth the effort

Building the Art Garden