Stepping Stones of Cast Concrete

 

Hand-colored concrete "stones," cast in wooden forms to create an
interlocking pattern that never repeats.


Building the forms. Fine carpentry is useless; spontaneous shape-making is crucial.

Colored concrete, in various spontaneous mixtures, goes on
the "bottom," which will later become the top.

Regular uncolored concrete goes on the "top," which
will later become the bottom.

A "platt" of stones, bottoms-up, are left to cure overnight.

The results of the color mixing are not known until 24 hours later,
when the hardened stones are (very gently) turned over and
unwrapped from their plastic swaddling.

Finished stones are more than two inches thick and weigh about
30 pounds. Crinkles and folds in the underlying plastic
create geological-looking patterns on the top surface.

This garden path took 170 castings in all.

A more monochromatic treatment, on an approach to deck stairs.

 

 

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