If you have ever wanted to sculpt or build in a permanent material that is extremely strong and can be moulded to any shape, ferro-cement is the medium for you. And Fantastic Ferrocement is the book you should read first, for practical permanent elven architecture, follies, fairy gardens and other virtuous ventures! Loaded with helpful drawings in its 109-odd pages, including five colour pages showing actual constructions, it has sample projects, detailed instructions for mixes, techniques, tools and costing. Also learn how we do the stained glass windows in Cafe Eutopia in Kaiwaka, New Zealand - another amazingly easy building method developed by the author, Peter Harris!
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This book is mostly about the joy of ferrocement as a medium for the creation of durable beauty. The joy of having a concrete means to realise beautiful dreams that would otherwise be impossible without frightening amounts of money. Dreams of natural shapes, fantastical, whimsical, inspirational, sublime. Fountains, domes, follies, grottos, garden borders, birdbaths, ponds, pots,sculptures steps, bridges, boats, towers.... The joy of ferrocement, like all joys, takes a little knowledge, provided here, but mostly the courage to actually, physically try it. Your very first try can be usable, beautiful and above all act as a bridge to all other possibilities that will suddenly open up when you realise how easy it is. - from Fantastic Ferrocement Be it for sculptures, boats or buildings more and more people are discovering the use of ferrocement. The author, Peter Harris, has written a book that is sorely needed in today's present state of ferrocement literature. His personal and engaging style of writing makes ferrocement accessible to the beginner and average person who wants to build with ferrocement. For those who want to build something in ferrocement but are not certain where to begin or perhaps just need a format and some words of encouragement, this book is for you. --Paul Sarnstrom --Director Ferrocement Educational Network
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Peter Harris lives in Kaiwaka, in the North of New Zealand. Since 2001 he has been building a domed sculptural inspirational space called Cafe Eutopia. He describes Eutopia as an organic cafe, a temple to Beauty, Truth, Freedom and Love, and a bookshop - not necessarily in that order. (For lots more on that vision, and photos, google: eutopia). He is also writing a fantasy trilogy, The Apples of Eden, and has written and self-published other books including The Icon of Ainenia and Fantastic Ferrocement. To further this publishing passion he started a print-on-demand business called e-press (google: e-press instant books) and developed a quick method of hand-embossing book covers. He spent much of his earlier life (between small business ventures making spinning wheels, clocks, photoframes, trophies and recycled tyre pots) in the quest for Truth. He read classical Hebrew and Greek, moving from Christianity to angsty agnosticism, then (much later) studying Philosophy and in 1995 writing a proto-wiki MA thesis called Process and Inquiry in a database format. Now, as a more or less free-thinking Neoplatonist/Pagan, his main focus is on Beauty and Love, and inspiring others by what he creates in buildings and in books. Last millennium, in 1977, he and his wife Raewyn married. Now they live in a housetruck on their land by the Kaipara harbour, where they try to fit in some gardening (and homebuilding) when not working on Eutopian quests of one form or another. They have four (mostly) grown-up children.
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I have a copy of his 1st edition which is 65 pages and I thought it was great with ideas of creativity of a technique that deserves more attention. Takes you from simple steps to start to more complex building projects. If you are interested in ferro-cement it's a great addition to have for referance.Great ideas for free form construction using materials found everywhere, cement,sand, water, rebar, chicken wire an advancing primer before adding more exotic materials as fibers, admixtures,coloring and various reinforcments.well worth the price
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I have not had a chance to read through this book entirely but I have looked through and it does have several projects outlined that I will try later on. I think the price is a little high, but in the introduction the author does say that you help fund his ongoing ferrocement projects - namely his residence - and I guess that's a good enough cause. I hope to use this book as a ferrocement primer to make some garden furniture and then perhaps some actual foundation work. This book is quite small and the drawings are all by hand.
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I have the 2006 revision copy of 102 pages. I have read it and find myself referring to it often. Peter Harris takes you on a personal journey of how he came to make ferrocement structures. He goes through a cost analysis of materials and time. Then tells you what tools you will need to get it done. He also shows you how you can make your own tools. There are great sections on mixing cement, bending and tying rebar, window installation.
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