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Thea
Please stop breaking glass lampshades to cast concrete orbs! Do this instead.
A while ago I shared this fire-pit project made from a stepping stone and three concrete orbs. I was surprised at how many overseas readers asked where they could buy orbs when, in South Africa, you can get them at every garden center.
Then it struck me, people in other countries aren't so selfish with their pavements (sidewalks). Here, orbs are used as bollards to keep people from parking in front of your house. Illegal but very common. So actually you should be glad that you can't find them!
The question remains, how do you make concrete balls? A search of Pinterest revealed using wire mesh, exercise balls, bowling balls or, horror of horrors, glass lampshades that you then shatter to unmold. That's just awful!
All good and well to jump on your environmental high-horse but what can one use instead? In all truth, it took me months to figure out... Read more...
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