benches in wilson park

My ferrocement benches In Wilson Park, Fayetteville, AR These Benches are placed around the much beloved "castle," which is titled Point 7 and is the creation of Frank Williams.
	I did this one in late 1999. Applied cement in shop and moved to park
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		Summer of 2000. Made frame in shop and applied cement on location

A New Bench Under Construction - November 2005
	The bare skeleton - over 500 feet of Rebar - 1/2 inch and 3/8 inch. Welded.	The skeleton with the mesh wired on. It's on the trailer getting ready to go to the park

	Applying cement on a 70 degree late November afternoon. Scott Mashburn took the picture.	View from the northwest- halfway through the second coat.

	The Castle in the background is the creation of Frank Williams. You have no idea how much people love that castle!
	Saturday Dec 3 2005 finished!
	The cement on the petals done in a yellowish buff with light orange and red orange applied all together using the colored cement on a trowel like paint with a pallet knife. then I smoothed them all together first with a plastic bag of fibers then a rag folded and dragged across the surface.

		This is right after applying the cement, it will fade some as it cures out.
In case you're wondering about materials and how much it cost, here's the breakdown: exactly, down to the last shovelfulls, what I picked up at the concrete plant as a ton of mason's sand, so it was probably a little more than a ton. ($24) 4 bags of type s masonary cement, 2 bags of portland a half bag of white portland. ($78) 12 - 80 pound bags concrete mix for foots ($36) 12 sheets of lath, several small bags of fine nylon fibers nycon brand. a couple hundred feet of 17 guage electric fence wire($111) maybe a bit more than 500 feet of rebar about 50/50 1/2" and 3/8" ($140). 1 quart yellow, 3/4 quarts green and dark green pigment powder SureCrete brand ($60). approx 1 quart Solomon brand apple red. ($15) approx 10 pounds 7018 welding rods.($15) total for materials alone not including fuel and incidentals:$479 I am wrapping it with plastic, blankets and tarps at night - also, I cut a wire into the sod (only about 30 feet, happily) to power a heater in case it gets too cold. Actually, I think I prefer cold weather to hot weather for this kind of work. Cement sets really fast above 90 degrees, and it wants to dry out fast, too. Another ferrocement bench A Concrete Tragedy . ferrocement pots Back to Eugene Sargent Home