Cement pot contest

[Beanwagon]

Can I make my "cement" from wood ash?

Or is that perpendicular to the rules?

Sure

 

[ShadyStump]

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Now THAT is my kind of problem solving.

 

[Beanwagon]

The Official Cement Pot Contest

Grab your bags of cement! The Official Cement Bonsai Pot Contest is here. Rules are simple. Make a bonsai pot out of Cement. You can use any technique you want, add any other ingredients you like. The main categories will be 1.Traditional style bonsai pot. 2. Experimental: this can take...

www.bonsainut.com

 

[Weta]

I think I'll be in on this - representing New Zealand

Did ya end up making one?

 

[minkes]

It is 2025 so I don't know, if this thread is still alive... Anyway, I was so bored this winter so I decided to try to make my first cement pot. Few days ago I reppoted my Ribes Uva-crispa into this "attempt" . Maybe little bit big for it, but "free pot" is a free pot

 

[ShadyStump]

It is 2025 so I don't know, if this thread is still alive... Anyway, I was so bored this winter so I decided to try to make my first cement pot. Few days ago I reppoted my Ribes Uva-crispa into this "attempt" . Maybe little bit big for it, but "free pot" is a free pot

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Tree and pot both look great!

 

[bpancakes]

It is 2025 so I don't know, if this thread is still alive... Anyway, I was so bored this winter so I decided to try to make my first cement pot. Few days ago I reppoted my Ribes Uva-crispa into this "attempt" . Maybe little bit big for it, but "free pot" is a free pot

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Looks amazing, I've wanted to do these for a while. Did you soak it or do anything special after it cured?

 

[Michael P]

Texture and surface of the pot are especially convincing.

 

[minkes]

Tree and pot both look great!

Thanks!

Looks amazing, I've wanted to do these for a while. Did you soak it or do anything special after it cured?

After I made it I let it submerged in water for one or two weeks.

Texture and surface of the pot are especially convincing.

Thank you. I used some black color for concrete to make it little bit darker color. I put sand into box, made some shape into it with hands and covered created hole with plastic bag. Then I put concrete inside and shaped it with hands (with gloves on).

 

[minkes]

Two more cement pots I want to share. First I made with use of plastic bonsai pot as mold. I didn’t use black color so it is just plain concrete color. Second one is my freehand work as previous with black color added and little bit bigger so it suits my spruce in development.

 

[Michael P]

Really like the free-form!