Now THAT'S the kind of thinking I like. Very interesting.
Way back in the day, when 8-tracks were all the rage and
all "respectable" parents cut the hair of their little boys as
a "crew cut" because they'd be too embarrassed to have a kid that
looked like one of the Beatles, I remember playing under an enourmous
tree. I'm no tree expert, and it's been long enough ago I don't
trust my memory (longer than 10 seconds), but I think it was a
monster maple. I large chunk of tree roots were a tangled gnarly
mass spreading out close to the ground. A significant portion of
those roots happened to form into a great place to sit for a 6yr old
kid's behind.
I touched a girl's leg for the first time under that tree. Valerie
promptly screamed, jumped up, threw a rock at me, and ran away.
Hey...that was valuable information a few years later. If I wanted
to get to know a girl, putting earthworms on her leg isn't the best
technique. Ah yes, the lessons we learn at age 7.
Mankind has managed to create it's own version of the gnarly tree
root in the form of the tree bench.
http://www.farawayfurniture.co.uk/images/Tree_Bench.jpg
It's a lot more comfortable for cranky old geezers that complain
about the weather instead of making "vroooom" sounds with toy cars.
I've often thought that the ultimate tree bench would not look like a
carpentry project or typical furniture but would look like tangled
tree roots.
I can imagine a papercrete sculpture/bench that could surround a post
in a home. The papercrete bench could appear to be tangled tree
roots. If I had the talent it might be a fun project. (worms don't
have to be included.)
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "Terry" <blazingsaddles@...>
wrote:
>
> Was: PAPERCRETE RESTORATION
>
> Slurryguy mentioned making decorative
> architectural details out of papercrete like fancy crown
> moldings.
>
> Just last night when browsing through the latest issue of Phoenix
Home & Garden magazine, looking at a photo of an interior with those
neat big knotty logs standing from floor/counter to ceiling I started
thinking about how to make one out of papercrete and at some point in
time I'm going to try it. I'd have to get one of those logs to make
a mold from, but all you would have to do is dig down in sand (lots
in my yard) and bury the log half way. Then secure 2 x 6's around it
as if you were going to pour cement, then have a lot of plaster and
pour a plaster mold.
>
> Once you have the mold made you can make two halves of a papercrete
log, then put one half down flat side up and papercrete mortar it to
the flat side of the other half.
> Then stand it up and paint it to look like wood.
>
> You can see the 'log look' I'm talking about here under Saguaro
Court
>
> http://www.adobe-home.com/html/photo_gallery.html
>
> Or you could attach half papercrete logs vertically to walls to
look as if they're built into the walls. Nothing weight-bearing,
just decorative. Things like totems or fireplace mantles too,
scroll down to the picture of fireplace mantles on this page -
>
> http://www.oldpuebloadobe.com/SW%20Wood.htm
>
> Hmmmmm.....
>
>
> Terry
>
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