WooHoo 3 finished, many new pics Japanese style sand garden

[snowmom]

still watching! those are coming along great... now you have me in suspense about the outside edges...

[snowmom]

this was a double post, I don't know if its me or the board tonite (but I have my suspicions)

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I managed to get some staining done (the last time because now I remember why I hate it) which was all that was left on three but I still have finishing touches on one left to do. I would like to use oil of some kind on these but if it does not dry completely the sand is going to stick to it. Sticks pretty bad just to dry wood.

I added sand and some lines then for your viewing pleasure (I hope) I photographed them with a bunch of different rocks added in. These are not something that you can just sit down to and zip you are finished. It is going to take a lot of Zenning to finish one of these babies out which I guess is a good thing. If you get frustrated easy do not buy one of these. lol

What would a new batch of gardens be without a new batch of rakes. After sitting down and making some lines I am still concerned with the tines being too close together.


I was thinking about saving this one for me but I think I want a smaller one.









I made two like this but one is smaller than the other. I photographed the larger one first and now I can not tell which is which.





I think it switches to the smaller one here.




I have been thinking about putting down a thin layer of glue then add sand so there will always be sand in the bottom if someone just wants it for a display. Doesn't look like much without any sand.


Whadaya think?
Jim

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Again I looked all over town looking for something (grey card this time) and struck out again. I bought a very large pack of construction paper because it showed grey as one of the colors. It didn't exactly say grey, just looked like it. None, nada, nunca so I tried brown as the mostest neutralest color. Whadaya think?
Jim

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I am thinking about just gluing a thin layer of sand then the loose sand can be added over the top. Probably be a good thing to wait until someone specified that they only want it for display.
Jim

[snowmom]

I'd not bother with gluing sand, messy and hard to care for.(this from the retired cleaning lady in me)
they are wonderfully crafted pieces and they look great!

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Feb 4, 2015 6:58:23 GMT -5 snowmom said:

I'd not bother with gluing sand, messy and hard to care for.(this from the retired cleaning lady in me)
they are wonderfully crafted pieces and they look great!

I did not think about that aspect of it but I definitely see your point about tough to clean. You also gave me a reason to rethink the plan to bag just enough sand to fill it once if I sell one. The sand is going to get dirty and the easiest way to clean it is replace it and not very many people would want to go out and buy a big bag of sand because they need half a cup full. A $10.00 bag of aquarium sand will probably fill twenty of these things.

I knew you were following this so I was wondering what your reply would be. Thanks for the tip.
Jim

[jamesp]

love the finesse carpentry skills. Can I hire you to make a my coffin Jim ?

You make beautiful sand boxes. the table top zen is excellent and out of the box idea.

Need to get you a specimen coral so you can make a setting for the coral reefer band Jimmy Buffet style.

How about a rock of black carved into a shark fin with a wake trail in the sand.



You want me to go away-right.

[Fossilman]

Nice Jim...................Thumbs up

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Feb 4, 2015 16:56:57 GMT -5 jamesp said:

love the finesse carpentry skills. Can I hire you to make a my coffin Jim ?

You make beautiful sand boxes. the table top zen is excellent and out of the box idea.

Need to get you a specimen coral so you can make a setting for the coral reefer band Jimmy Buffet style.

How about a rock of black carved into a shark fin with a wake trail in the sand.



You want me to go away-right.

Go away hell, ya make me laugh and ya gotta stay. Love the gator idea. Make it like the doctor game where if you touch it it will buzz or jump up and scare the crap out of you. Now that would be relaxing huh?

And thanks to all for the great comments.

I am working on something else that is so cool is is going to make you wet yourself. Okay, maybe not that cool, but pretty cool. Hopefully finish one tomorrow.
Jim

[snowmom]

watching with interest