Saturday, October 16, 2010

Mosaic Garden Balls

I am dreaming of future mosaic projects while my fingers are healing. Here are some pictures I found on Flickr that inspire me. The pictures are all from the group called Bowling Ball Art.
For more pictures, click the link.

Ich träume von künftigen Mosaikprojekten, während meine Finger heilen. Hier sind einige inspirierende Bilder, die ich auf Flickr gefunden habe. Die Fotos sind alle von der Flickrgruppe Bowling Ball Art. Für weitere Bilder, klickt einfach auf den Link.






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20 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 9, 2012 at 9:18 AM

    Those are so cool.

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  2. AnonymousMay 6, 2012 at 6:22 PM

    Are there directions for how to do this?

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    1. RenateMay 20, 2012 at 11:26 PM

      http://fairegarden.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/how-to-make-hypertufa-concrete-balls/

      The above is a great tutorial on how to make the concrete balls to mosaic. You can also use old bowling balls.

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  3. AnonymousMay 7, 2012 at 2:18 PM

    I would love to see some sort of directions as well :) Love the idea and going to try to start my first flower garden next year.

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  4. AnonymousMay 19, 2012 at 11:18 AM

    Would also love to see how these are made

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  5. Margaret AlmonJuly 8, 2012 at 6:41 PM

    The green paisley mosaic bowling ball, 1st photo, 2nd row, is one I created. For photos of one in process check out my facebook page:

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  6. UnknownAugust 28, 2012 at 4:54 PM

    Way cool!!

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2012 at 7:17 PM

    Molto belle! Complimenti.
    Ciao.
    Rita.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 28, 2012 at 3:49 AM

    glue, mosaic pieces, grout, seal. I nice piece of rebar spray painted whatever your color of choice is - put a finger hole of bowling ball over the rebar. Simple!

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    1. AnonymousApril 27, 2013 at 1:17 PM

      Thank you so much for the "how to", I was going to try stepping stone cement UNTIL I read ur comment. Thank you Thank you Thank you! Going to hardward store now :)

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  9. JessicaMay 24, 2013 at 2:41 PM

    What kind of glue do you use, that will stand up to changing weather outside? These are beautiful!! (NOt sure how/why I'm seeing them so long after you all posted, but I guess that's the nature of facebook/interwebs). :-)

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    1. AudraMay 27, 2014 at 1:00 AM

      E6000 adhesive is awesome for all kinds of outdoor crafts. Hobby Lobby, Michael's, those kinds of craft stores all sell it. Hope this helps. Good luck.

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  10. AnonymousMay 25, 2013 at 10:57 PM

    I covered one with copper pennies....looks fantastic. I glued them on with marine adhesive.

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    1. DebJ56June 1, 2013 at 4:53 PM

      I am also covering one with copper pennies, half way done!

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  11. AnonymousJune 22, 2013 at 10:24 PM

    Just finished my penny bowling ball...took about 4 hours to cover it with 2 people working on it! It looks amazing...now on to my sea glass bowling ball! :)

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  12. MarinaAugust 6, 2014 at 4:56 PM

    Beautiful!
    I can't decide if I want to do pennies or rocks on my one and only bowling ball.:) Decisions, decisions!

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  13. AnonymousMarch 28, 2015 at 12:48 PM

    if you DON"T want the weight... you can use large Styrofoam balls

    cover them in Casting material (Michael's/ Joanne's?) then finish with a two part apoxy/ then apply your tesserae with a thinset bonding mortar.

    also good idea: is to put ball in a large plastic blow with a towel under ball to keep from rolling

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  14. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2016 at 7:55 PM

    Bowling balls used to be at all rummage sales, now with all of us "creative" people they are almost extinct !! FB, paint with vicki

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  15. UnknownMay 1, 2016 at 4:55 PM

    My Mom, (she's 78 years old ) spray paints bowling balls a brass color for in her garden. LOL. My Mom has brass balls!

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