Homemade pots

Thanks Mario and littleart-fx, it realy is: resistence, resistence, resistence...

Hello everyone
As i see Mario is a pot master here ,
so i have a question for you , what colors did you used to glazed the pots?

Congratulions and best regards from Hellas

Hombre wrote:Hello everyone
As i see Mario is a pot master here ,
so i have a question for you , what colors did you used to glazed the pots?

Congratulions and best regards from Hellas

Thanks Hombre
Lazur use color to wood. Good all the coatings that we use to, for example wooden fences, roofs, furniture and so on. Mat colors look better than those in pots with bright light base. And the colors are good for cement and paint to spray the acrylic base. I use epoxy (resin), for some pots. There are no rules, all colors are good, the only limit is imagination.

Regards
Mario

Hello bonsai friends,

Here are two new pots I've made from my experiences with papercrete.



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The first is more neutral and fits all most everithing and the second I think it fits good for a cherry tree or similar flowering tree, what do you think?

As always coments and sugestions are very welcome.


João Santos

wow!!.. a wonderfull tutorial!! now i got what i want. always wanted to made my own pot.
thank you ver much mario and joao!!

Hi IBC friends,

These are some of the latest pots I've made. Hope you like

30x22x6cm




28x22x10cm




19x14x10cm




24x12cm





And some of my colection

Always improving, Joao! Bravo!
I wonder what am I waiting for and I keep on suspending my own experiment with paper-cement?

Thanks Alexandra,

Give it a try - Despite all the rest, think all the fun of building your own pots, with the shape, size and colors that you like or need

very cool stuff! your progress in photos is very inspiring, mario and joao. i'm curious, are the colors necessary? can you just use the pot as it is once it's removed from the mold?

Jesse McMahon,

I wouldn't advise that. Colors and glases ment to harden and waterproof the pieces. Remenber you're using paste of paper and if you let it soak it looses the strenght!


Regards
João Santos

i was thinking that might be so. this is why i ask the people with experience! thank you for your teaching us how, and for the good advice along the way.

i have everything i need now to try this. hopefully i will have some photos after the weekend to share with you.

J

Great Jesse

We will wait for news from your experience!

João Santos

Hi Mario,

Those are great pots, very unique and stylish too, specially the first one, could you kindly please teach us the step by step process in the making of that pots of yours and if possible some visual aid for the guide of those beginners, like me, a pictures perhaps from step 1 up to the end product..we will sure appreciate it..

Thank you
Ferdz

mario they look great, don,t take too long to tell us how to make them . regards john