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CONCRETE POnERY AND GARDEN FURNITURE 



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By RALPH C. DAVISON 



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I HIS book describes in detail in a 

 most practical manner the var- 

 ious methods of casting concrete 

 for ornamental and useful pur- 

 poses and covers the entire field 

 of ornamental concrete work. It tells 

 how to make all kinds of concrete vases, 

 ornamental flower pots, concrete pedes- 

 tals, concrete benches, concrete fences, 

 etc. Full practical instructions are given 

 for constructing and finishing the differ- 

 ent kinds of molds, making the wire 

 forms or frames, selecting and mixing 

 the ingredients, covering the wire frames 

 and modeling the cement mortar into 

 form, and casting and finishing the 

 various objects. With the information 

 given in this book any handyman or 

 novice can make many useful and ornamental objects of cement 

 for the adornment of the home or garden . The author has taken for 

 granted that the reader knows nothing whatever about the material, 

 and has explained each progressive step in the various operations 

 throughout in detail. These directions have been supplemented 

 with many half-tone and line illustrations which are so clear that 

 no one can possibly misunderstand them. The amateur craftsman 

 who has been working in clay will especially appreciate the adapt- 

 ability of concrete for pottery work inasmuch as it is a cold process 

 throughout, thus doing away with the necessity of kiln firing which 

 is necessary with the former material. The information on color 

 work alone is worth many times the cost of the book inasmuch as 

 there is little known on the subject and there is a large growing de- 

 mand for this class of work. Following is a list of the chapters 

 which will give a general idea of the broad character of the work. 



VIII. Selection of Aggregates. 



IX. Wooden Molds — Ornamental Flower 

 Pots Modeled by Hand and Inlaid with 

 Colored Tile. 

 Concrete Pedestals. 

 Concrete Benches. 

 Concrete Fences. 



Miscellaneous, including Tools, 

 Water proofing and Reinforcing. 



X. 

 XI. 



XII 

 XIII. 



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I. Making Wire Forms or Frames. 

 II. Covering the Wire Frames and Mod- 

 eling the Cement Mortar into Form. 



III. Plaster Molds for Simple Forms. 



IV. Plaster Molds for Objects having 

 Curved Outlines. 



V. Combination of Casting and Model- 

 ing — An Egyptian Vase. 

 VI. Glue Molds. 

 VII. Colored Cements and Methods Used 

 for Producing Designs with same. 

 16 mo. 514x7% inches, 196 pages, 140 illustrations, price $1.50 postpaid 



This book is well gotten up, is printed on coated paper and a- 

 bounds in handsome illustrations which clearly show the unlimited 

 possibilities of ornamentation in concrete. 



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