Making Bonsai Slabs
The pulverized dry clay is mixed with water and stirred to make slurry.
Making bonsai slabs. Wood adds to a desired earthy look. You can simply use wood a hammer and nails to assemble a shallow pot for your bonsai. The bottom and the wall parts are prepared for joining them together. A container to mix the cement in.
Dry clay is pulverized. I wrap them all up in plastic and then cover with a tub. Choose a slab of porous rock such as limestone that has an interesting shape and lots of levels crannies and. Or things that kinda look like feet.
This can make a very attractive presentation. Making a phoenix graft is a fun way to create an ancient and beautiful looking bonsai in just an afternoon. How to plant a bonsai on a slab 1. I had some leftover concrete so i made a freeform pot.
Cut pieces of 3mm bonsai. Ample drainage and tie in holes are provided. Cut a few pieces of wood to match the length and width that you have decided you want your bonsai pot to be. It need not be big because you won t be mixing much at a time.
Are designed as shallow containers. The slab container rests on a low and stable foot that lifts the composition slightly. Forms geometric and organic. They offer a slight concavity allowing for more soil area than flat surfaces and therefore added root support.
A small trowel a putty knife perhaps and some flexible artists palette knives are useful. The bottom the walls the rim and the feet are cut from the clay slab. Yes i m making a mess. It s sitting on a board to make feet.
Rubber or latex gloves if your fussy about your skin. New product for making your own bonsai pots. Decide what trees or plants you want to use favoring types such as conifers that naturally grow in rocky locations. The paper pattern is applied.