my mums rill and water feature redone

That's really good. I bet your mum's pleased to have it working again. It's just the right height for your dogs.

I love Brick Man! :)) where does the water come from Leigh? Is it an indoor tap, or a pump?

Really like the brick man - you are so clever. And the pooch enjoys it too!

my mum is pleased . the water is pumped into the room behind brick man and runs out of an adapted water but back threw the wall vier pipes I plummed in onto the rill . brick man just hides the pipes really . thank you so much everyone . I actually hated school but was given this artist gift that ive worked on seriousl since the early 90`s snoop . I wanted to be a tattooist which I was quite good at including tattooing myself . I went to evening classes and got inspiration for drawing . then a friend told me about a pottery class so I went and I used too do huge things which are expensive to fire , the cley isn't easy to get and after all the hard work the piece can explode if you leave an air bubble not to mention the electric bill . once I did some research on sand sculpture and how cement works I mixed the two building my first being the big head in my front garden . as I kept watching I found concrete sculpture and the amazing qualities concrete has . the only bad thing is it goes of quick but I guess that can be a good thing . ive always kept fish so I guess it was natural progression .

Thanks for explaining that Leigh, it's great.

Very clever you certainly have a very good talent for design ideas too, love the brick man good idea. It has made a great water feature very unique. We'll done, you are keeping yourself very busy, good to have a hobby, wish I was artistic although I am quite good with a pair of knitting needles as long as I have a pattern to follow. Lol and that keeps me busy when I am not gardening.

Fabulous, Leigh! I love the brick man, and I think all your concrete sculptures are intriguing. They give such character to your garden. I love your black wall. How did you construct that?

your welcome ck . I can sew and use a sewing machine but I cant knit lol as long as you keep busy we all have talents I believe . I constructed the concrete fence bye taping hoops of thick wire together . wrapping them in chicken wire . then a strong mix 2 sand to 1 cement with a consistency of that's dry enough to hold a ball shape if you squeeze it but not so dry it falls apart . support the hoops while you put the first layer of cement on squeezing it into the chicken wire . leave the wire a bit exposed for a key . dampen it the next day and smooth on the last layer of cement . if you look back at my old blogs I think there could be some pictures .

I like the dog, he was evidently "mentally involved" in your activity :-) Is it that sort of dog which was used for guarding monasteries in Tibet? Somebody close to me have this dog and they look friendly on a first sight, but in fact they are very sharp.

very sharpie infact lol its a Chinese fighting dog called zebadee and hes lovely as we don't keep aggressive dogs . I have 3 of them and an American bulldog x staffy .

hes drinking out of the pond water lol .

Terrific work, with a handsome brick man supervising everyone :))

thank you

Celtic Britain has close relationship with Green Man. I think you know, what I am talking about, it was popular in English gardens in 18th and 19th century. This brick face reminds me that and seeing green doors - I would probably paint him dark green, lol.

well I thought of that but I wanted him to look like the wall behind him like he was part of it . when it weathers in it will look much better too . ive done a green man that was on property snakes and ladders with sarah beeny in an old beaters hut in the middle of the forest . check out my old blogs .

Snoop that took me back - I was no good at knitting with needles but produced quite long ropes through a cotton reel - you couldn't do it through modern ones.

Very clever aren't you, I bet your Mum is thrilled to bits with her water feature, its unique, all the more special as its been designed and constructed by you, the dog likes it as well, I have water features, birdbaths and waterbutts that our dogs and cats drink out of, they prefer the rainwater.....
We called that French Knitting Steve, used to spend hours doing that during the winter months, lol....

Thanks for explaining that, Leigh. I am in awe of your mastery of all the techniques you use in your constructions.

thank you so much your welcome anytime melch

my mum is well chuffed I think but she is a woman of few words bless her lol .

I am quite sure she is well pleased, Leigh!

me too thanx

I adore brick man Nosey, yet another brilliant sculpture by yourself. I bet your Mum is rather pleased.

thanx gm I think she does as she learned how to use her phone camera and took the pictures down the club lol .

I love it, Lol x

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You are very clever NP in many ways. The dogs and your mum appreciate your hard work to get this up and running. I love the mask to cover the piping.

thanx dj

looks impressive! I take it that it's mains-powered? did you have a socket already, or did you have to have one installed?

I'd love a water feature here, but it'd have to be solar powered, can't imagine the HA letting me have an external electical socket installed, and don't think that leading the cable through a window to an internal socket would be advisible, either!

no theres a socket in what is my mums garage fran .

ah, right. lol I need to get a garage as well as a mains socket, then!

yes you can look after ya car too lol

love it..the brick man is cool

thanx again x .