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  • Fantastic Ferrocement: Fantastic Ferrocement: for Practical, Permanent Elven Architecture, Follies, Fairy Gardens and other Virtuous Ventures by Peter James Harris book cover
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Fantastic Ferrocement: Fantastic Ferrocement: for Practical, Permanent Elven Architecture, Follies, Fairy Gardens and other Virtuous Ventures

by Peter James Harris

Ferrocement for imaginative building

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Ferrocement for imaginative building

Peter James Harris’s practical introduction to ferrocement connects construction techniques with sculptural and garden projects. The book covers tools and methods through examples including a garden pot, an angel, and a dome. Photographs document the building of Cafe Eutopia by Harris and his family, alongside an account of the project’s origins and updates on the ferrocement café and “temple.” These elements place hands-on making alongside the challenge of turning an abstract ideal into a built structure. This paperback edition is described as black and white; the source notes that a version with colour pictures at the back is also available.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • People interested in ferrocement construction and masonry techniques
  • Makers exploring sculptural forms, garden features, or small architectural projects
  • Readers curious about the development of Cafe Eutopia and its associated temple project

Themes

Ferrocement techniquesSculpture and garden architectureBuilding Cafe EutopiaMaterializing abstract ideals

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Book overview

(Createspace edition - Black and white version. The version with colour pictures at the back is also available on Amazon. It is of course dearer! But exactly same content.) If you have ever wanted to sculpt or build in a permanent material that is extremely strong and can be moulded to any shape, ferrocement is the medium for you - and this concise book shows you how to do it all. Tools, techniques and sample projects - a garden pot, angel, dome, and more - are all logically described and illustrated. The many photos showing the building of Cafe Eutopia by the author and his family will inspire as well as inform, while the introduction and 'Origins' story and updates on the progress of a ferrocement cafe and 'temple' to Love, Beauty, Truth, and Freedom add a deeper dimension to this book which shows the struggle to marry an abstract ideal with a (literally) concrete realisation.
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