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I thought I would share a picture of our creation. This bowl is made of concrete using a rhubarb leaf. My husband makes them and I paint them. . This little hobby makes us spend a lot of time together. We make them in our garage, (we are retired). I always say my husband is in the production department and I am in the quality control department. (lol) Carole
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Wow. They are spectacular. Unique and stunning. Knowing how big rhubarb leaves are, they make a good sized bowl. Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
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Congratulations on making these lovely table decorations together. I can see them being used with lots of different themes. Love and blessings Chris
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CymbleneJones
08 Feb 2014
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These are great. I like all things of nature, but leaves are beautiful.
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Oh my. I never thought to appreciate the beauty that comes from a rhubarb leaf. Your painting techniques make it absolutely beautiful. I can't believe it is concrete. Wow.
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The process to make one bowl takes one week. What takes the longest is the curing of the cement.
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What a great idea!
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Sue, we had seen stepping stone that way, and I thought why not a bowl.
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hightechgrammy
08 Feb 2014
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They are incredible! How beautiful they are and I love the colors you have achieved. It is especially nice that you do them together!
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I use my little bottles of acrylic paint and a tiny brush.
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Absolutely beautiful, you would never know they were cement.
Well Done.
Jerri
Well Done.
Jerri
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Gorgeous! I would have to leave it empty and just look at your work!
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Do you garden and grow the rhubarb yourselves. It's a great project and a wonderful way to spend time together.
Bev in Texas
Bev in Texas
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Hi Bev, when we first started we did not have a garden. People from the community would bring us their leaves and leave them at the door. Now we have a garden just for doing these bowls. Ha, I do make rhubarb pies though.
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Always knew there must be a use for Rhubarb leaves as they are poison to eat can't even let the hens eat them. Absolutely stunning you are a very clever couple.
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That's right and you should never put them in your compost.
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We don't just use rhubarb leaves, we also use hosta leaves and burdock leaves. The bottom picture shows what they look like before sanding and painting.
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Hi Carole, over here in Australia we have a wonderful plant called a Caladium (Elephant's Ear) - where do you live? You may have them in your country. These are huge leaves too, but am not sure if they would be too large for what you do. I'll add a picture for you to see. Love Chris
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Hi Pennifold from Australia. Our daughter-in-law is from Australia. Yes we do have Elephant Ears in Canada. However, the larger leaves are on the west coast of Canada. We lived in Vancouver and here is our version of an elephant ear taken in our back yard. Now we live on the east coast of Canada and the largest leaves we could find are rhubarb leaves.Our first attempt at making concrete leaf bowls, was using the leaves you see in the picture. It was quite an experiment. Carole
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This is an impressive looking plant Carole, love Chris - (Pennifold - is my last name). Please call me Chris.
I wish we could grow them in New Brunswick. In Vancouver, they get that size from nothing to this size in a month. Underneath the pergola we have an overhead fountain and the humidity of the water makes that plant just grow a mile a minute.
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gillemmerson
10 Feb 2014
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Sorry to be a bit vague but how do you 'concrete' these leaves? What do you use?
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Your question is very valued. We use a real leaf from our garden, or from the bush. We mix our concrete then put the concrete on the back of the real leaf. We wait a week and voila we have a cement leaf. In our case we produce bowls.
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These are absolutely breathe taking. Very unusual and unique, love the colors and way each of these turns out individual. Do you color wash or is it another technique? Do they have a glaze or a matte finish and finally are they useable for anything or only for inside decorative purposes? Hope you don't mind my asking. I REALLY like them. I also love to eat rhubarb, I have wonderful cream rhubarb pie recipe, unfortunately can't always find the rhubarb. Thanks for sharing this amazing craft!
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Lea, yes they our bowls have a finish on it. You can even leave them outside and the colour will not fade. Some people use them for bird bath. We have a huge one outside sitting on its side so people driving by can see it. We do not take it in the garage for the winter either.
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How thick is the cement ??just runny or???can i see the back??I stock o around our house inside and fool with the basement blocks outside.I like them nice and smooth .Anyways what on top after it dries .??love your idea Carol ===carolyn
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oh boy i watched utube and 2 hours has gone somewhere lol
the bowls are about 1/2 thing. When the concrete is put on, it is the consistency of dough. First they are sealed (twice) then I paint them, then, I seal it again, then I put a finish on it.
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graceandham
11 Feb 2014
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They're gorgeous. I especially like the last pic. Good job.
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thank you
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majorisette84
12 Feb 2014
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je me joins à tous les autres commentaires et je trouve ce travail très beau, dans ma région je ne connais pas de plante avec de si larges feuilles, peut être en plante d'appartement , le travail des couleurs est très réussi , je pense que vous devez finir avec une couche de vernis ou de verni colle, encore merci, j'ai appris une autre forme d'art , marie-josette du Vaucluse en France
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Merci Marie-Josette. Oui je fini mon projet avec plusieurs couches de vernis. Cela permet de mettre des fruits dans le bol, ou encore de l'eau pour les petits oiseaux. Ma peinture reste toujours belle.
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I have seen these on pinterest and I am hooked! They are definitely on our 'to do' list. When that will happen, I don't know but probably not until next year!
Love the beautiful work you do!!! :)
Love the beautiful work you do!!! :)
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They are Beautiful, It's so nice that your husband and you have a hobby together.
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teddybear117
15 Jun 2014
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I can just imagine a tiered water fountain made from these bowls. Beautiful. Good work.