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A fun couple of afternoons

Posted: August 4th, 2011, 2:05 pm
by tex048
I recently had some fun with

A couple of plastic pot trays
Wire
Expanding foam
Rocks and soil
and Paint

After talking to another member of my local bonsai club, i thought i would have a go at using Expanding Foam to create a Landscape Tray
Heres some photos of the process i used.

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Rocks and soil added as foam was setting
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The process was fun, and as you can see is not perfect by any means (and will only be used in my backyard), paint needs finishing, but i am happy with the results

Tray is 650mm long, 420mm at widest, 60mm high
Trees are 25mm to 55mm high


Tex

Re: A fun couple of afternoons

Posted: August 4th, 2011, 3:49 pm
by Mitchell
That turned out better than what I would expect. Interesting topic, I was discussing foam as a lanscape medium recently on another thread. :)

Re: A fun couple of afternoons

Posted: August 4th, 2011, 9:40 pm
by tex048
Hi Mitchell

Thanks
It turned out better than I thought it would, although I had pretty low expectations to start with :fc:
Will wait to see how it weathers and how quickly it deteriorates.
Can you post link to the thread you mentioned?

Thanks