Dogs – Page 11 – Gnawing the Bone

After layering on the liquid latex morning and night, it was time to get the show on the road and cast the plaster cradle that holds the mold in place when filling it with cement. Here’s the process. The blue tape is so the plaster can be removed in sections and then later placed around the rubber mold when casting cement.

Biscuit Nose Rainbow

Published on August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 by Raud Kennedy6 Comments

I never realized there was so much one could do to color cement. My latest is to use a concrete sealer to bring out the colors.

Finally, The Right Shade of Chocolate

Published on August 19, 2017August 19, 2017 by Raud Kennedy2 Comments

Through a combination of brown powder color added to the cement mix and a brown acid stain, and then a concrete sealer, I finally got that right chocolate color on my cement Labrador.

Pug Door Knocker

Published on August 19, 2017 by Raud Kennedy3 Comments

One of the members of a FB pug group asked me about a door knocker. I gave it some thought and this is what I came up with yesterday. It needs to be painted, of course, but I wanted to test it out before committing all the time to painting it. He’s very solid, and loud, a little louder than in the video.