Pro tip- if you let some of the air out of your yoga ball, stick a funnel in the hole and put a few cups of sand in it before blowing it back up, that adds movable weight to it, so it doesn't roll around when you are putting your cement on it.
Love how you show the struggle and allow yourself to be vulnerable. Makes me feel more normal as I attempt my own DIY projects. Thanks for your great content and ideas
I love everyone ! 100 years ago when I was a child I was involved with a summer camp we made the coolest sculpture that I have never forgotten what you do is you take a plane balloon you wanted a little bit to blow it up first so it’s maybe around the size of your glass smallest glass orb about that size when you blow it up but we didn’t blow it up well they did is they very carefully just took the balloon and put the opening just gently around a funnel the funnel then was filled with plaster of Paris that stuff drys very. MORE TO COME DEB
You are the undisputed sultan of cement!!! I am going to try three sizes using the fabric technique with lighter fabric. I might just leave the balls in the shell. Thanks so much!!
I HAVE to do this project. I took my 13yo son river rafting in Costa Rica in 1996 and the country is full of ancient stone spheres. People have them in their yards, fields, everywhere. They don't know the ancient purpose for the spheres. THANK YOU!
I love your personality and the way you approach your art…..”this is just me, no retakes, no trying to be perfect.” I appreciate that let your viewers see the imperfections and the ooops that happened. I’m subscribing.
I love these. I would try tearing the towel/ fabric into 4 inch to 5 inch squares. Then cover the ball with one layer of squares, leaving gaps where necessary. Then cover the gaps with additional squares. It will give it a nice texture and avoid having the multiple layers of fabric at one end of the ball.
This is magnificent! I can't wait to make one. I knew if I kept that damn ball I'd find something to use it for. Only took nine years. I was afraid I was going to have to start exercising. Also, I have to say your mistakes are more interesting than any perfect ones I've seen on other sites.
Those were some huge projects! They turned out well. My favorites were the “travertine” orbs and the shot of them on your coffee table was 👌🏻. Thank you for these tutorials you do. I look forward to your videos. Keep them coming!
I can appreciate how long this video took to make. I cannot choose my favorite as I loved them all but if I had to I actually liked the two smaller ones on the coffee table. I love your channel. Love your humor.
These Are Perfect!! We moved to FL last year. Drastically downsized into a Small, 1 story, stucco that kinda has a mid century modern look in front. I'm playing on that looks & had the bushes along the front pulled out. Designed a curved bed. The plan is a riverbed rock ground cover over plastic. Only 3 cuts for something live. Then use pots for plants, flowers. I Want Large Rocks. They are too expensive. So I will make them. I've been watching so many diy videos on it. THEN, you showed up on my page. These are perfect for my look. I might even say easier too. We'll see lol. Perfect for the clean MSM look. Well, a Modern, MSM, Florida Coastal, tropical look. I'm so excited.
this is so funny! i was just trying to figure out what to do with a non used fireplace that wasn't logs or a flat screen (cover) and i was googling this title over and over again with mixed results!
I love painting with my hands. The messier the more fun. I think the glass globes were my fav. But I definitely loved the first big yoga ball technique. Loved this. Thanks for sharing!!!
I loved all these spheres. I have done similar forms, much smaller of course, with ceramic clay bodies. The stippling on your smaller glass created spheres is the most common finish I use. You showed that the possibilities/applications of these art pieces is limited only by geography and imagination. Sometimes thin walls struggle in extreme climate swings, just going thicker and dealing with the additional weight makes sense.
Wow - the happy accident with the glass light fixtures looks amazing. They look so high end styled on the coffee table. I love the texture and look your hammer added to the finish.
With the towel ball, I was loving it after the first layer of towels with all of the gaps and was sure that some spagnam moss would take root. Or cake it in dirt and plant grass seeds on it. A ball of grass but the gaps look good. Have plants growing in and on it. All will save me big mon3y. Thanks for the tutorial
The glass balls turned out pretty good, but I would have either used less cement and coated the inside a few times between drying - or- I might have just painted the outside of the globes and leave them galss. Maybe, I dunno. I have way too many inflatable balls I've collected for cement projects. Ha! Ha! I'm definitely going to try the rope one with twisted strands of cloth. I'll probably sew cloth strips together to make a long piece about 3"-4" wide to twist, or maybe I'll find some interesting ribbon-like material somewhere. Thanks for the inspo! ✌️😎 Do you ever try to make more refined pieces? I have a box of cement called feather finish, it's very fine, making sanding it to a polish easier. I saw it in a cement countertop video. I haven't tried it yet but I bought it for a mushroom art project. I plan to polish and stain/paint the oversized mushroom caps in earthy neutrals with splashes of dirty/dingy jewel colors. I don't do videos, but I might try a video for the mushroom project because I think it's going to turn out pretty awesome!
They’re all good but I think I like the small ones on your coffee table the best. Probably because I live in an apt and they’re the only kind I could use. 😊
Love all of these ideas 😱 I'm already addicted to the concrete spheres in the glass light globes. I pick them up when I see them in my area thrift stores. I put them in my my hosta plant garden and plant moss near them. It grows right up next to them and looks so cool. Thanks for all of the fabulous ideas☺️
By far the best way to do when making any of these balls . Once you get your first layer on then you need to apply or you can mix in fiberglass you can buy it and any thickness or fiberglass particles mix it in with the cement once dried will be solid strong
Project 3 really was a good save and the pitted surface looked better than the smooth sphere. For project 4 you should have used cotton fabric don't you think?
I'm amazed again by everything with what you did with each project. They're each my favourite too, and I liked the glass ball better after you marked it up. I would also like to see how to clean up cement. And I like the Jazz music too. Thanks for sharing and teaching your creativity!👌😊
I think if you went with like first aid gauze instead of the towel that would be thinner and you could do several layers and I think that would look great for the texture of it and it would make a nice hard shell but be lighter weight
You should've draped the towel over the ball, and let the edges just drape down til it started to dry and shaped the towel edges flavored out and used it for a planter to go with the orbs. Because the towel gets so heavy when you do your way. Check out some of the Asian videos, they make all kinds of cement pots orbs etc... I love the small ones you painted and the biggest one!!
On technique #4. Cut off the ends is the underneath overlaps to keep the weight down in one spot. You could also put the weight on the bottom once wrapped with twine. This keeps the weight from squashing the ball into an egg.
Jorge, I was so so looking forward to see you deflating and removing that yoga ball on camera since in my mind the way you used that cement bandage and the ridges of the ball, that was going to be a permanent part of the cement ball. I think had you chosen a yoga ball without ridges and then wrapped it in cling film or a big plastic bag before adding the bandages, it would have been easy/easier/possible to remove the yoga ball.
I love your channel! Love all your ideas! Great inspiration here and fun! You do a great job..and you are just so down to earth and fun! Glad I'm a new subsciber! Looking forward to the cement ideas love the wood ideas and many more!! !
Love, Love, LOVE this project!!! I wanted to give this a try when I first saw these,, like you,, years ago and NOW I GONNA DO IT!!! THANKS for the inspirational PUSH!!!
Hi thee, all three shapes were nice you can select which you wish to use where. I have to agree they are not difficult to make, but you need the right mixture and time to smooth it out. Kind regards.
I enjoyed the video -- it's fun to see another take on creating with cement. Please please please make sure to tell your viewers to wear a mask when mixing powders like cement -- that stuff is the equivalent of sucking lye down into your lungs. Be safe, kid :)
You are so talented!! I couldn’t wait to see this diy - lately I’ve been into the large spheres and just purchased them from Pottery Barn two of them for over $280 but I kept saying I can make these myself - after watching this I think I will give it a try
Just a heads up brother, you can use wood glue PVA as a bonding agent also if you use dish detergent it will give you something like an aero bar effect but weakens the concrete significantly.
OooOoo!! Those “travertine” orbs are on point!! They look amazing on your table!! I also love the one that looks like a giant ball of jute? I will be making one of those!! 😍
Genius! Impossible to pick a favorite! They are fabulous! I love the architectural design to them and the many ways to incorporate them into ones aesthetic! You are so talented and I love the way you create beautiful high end looking designs that are very affordable! Bravo!! ❤️😍🤩👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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This was good. I would suggest mixing plaster, cement mix, and sand, it helps bond better. I've used plaster first, dry, and napkins/paper towels mixed with cement sand mixture. Finally just the sand and cement.
Loving your video here in Australia rendered look is so in, please find a way to get rustoleums stone spray paint over here!!! Or send me some I'll pay cost price plus extra for your troubles xx
The "travertine" balls look great on your coffee table! Stroke of genius to distress them.
Pro tip- if you let some of the air out of your yoga ball, stick a funnel in the hole and put a few cups of sand in it before blowing it back up, that adds movable weight to it, so it doesn't roll around when you are putting your cement on it.
Love how you show the struggle and allow yourself to be vulnerable. Makes me feel more normal as I attempt my own DIY projects. Thanks for your great content and ideas
I love everyone ! 100 years ago when I was a child I was involved with a summer camp we made the coolest sculpture that I have never forgotten what you do is you take a plane balloon you wanted a little bit to blow it up first so it’s maybe around the size of your glass smallest glass orb about that size when you blow it up but we didn’t blow it up well they did is they very carefully just took the balloon and put the opening just gently around a funnel the funnel then was filled with plaster of Paris that stuff drys very. MORE TO COME DEB
My favorite by far was the one that looked like a ball of yarn. Really like the ones made from the glass globes too! All of them were very cool!
Thanks Laurie! 😁
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Love this !!! What kind of tape did you use?
Love the twine one. Really good. Metal colors will be great with those
The larger ball's in your yard can be used as great extra seating...wonderful idea...
You are the undisputed sultan of cement!!! I am going to try three sizes using the fabric technique with lighter fabric. I might just leave the balls in the shell. Thanks so much!!
The two "mistake" balls are my favorites! They came out so great!
Awesome!!! Love how "real" you are, no fakeness! The glass globe balls actually look really great!! Well done!
I HAVE to do this project. I took my 13yo son river rafting in Costa Rica in 1996 and the country is full of ancient stone spheres. People have them in their yards, fields, everywhere. They don't know the ancient purpose for the spheres. THANK YOU!
I love your personality and the way you approach your art…..”this is just me, no retakes, no trying to be perfect.” I appreciate that let your viewers see the imperfections and the ooops that happened. I’m subscribing.
I love these. I would try tearing the towel/ fabric into 4 inch to 5 inch squares. Then cover the ball with one layer of squares, leaving gaps where necessary. Then cover the gaps with additional squares. It will give it a nice texture and avoid having the multiple layers of fabric at one end of the ball.
The CEMENT SPHERES were my favorite. For the Christmas, Holidays add LED lights
I loved them all… especially #3 when you beat them up! ⭕️🌀🔘🟤
Thanks!
This is magnificent! I can't wait to make one. I knew if I kept that damn ball I'd find something to use it for. Only took nine years. I was afraid I was going to have to start exercising. Also, I have to say your mistakes are more interesting than any perfect ones I've seen on other sites.
Those were some huge projects! They turned out well.
My favorites were the “travertine” orbs and the shot of them on your coffee table was 👌🏻.
Thank you for these tutorials you do. I look forward to your videos. Keep them coming!
Thanks Rebekah! I look forward to your sweet comments 😁
what portion of the video displayed the travertine you mention? THANK YOU
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They would make a nice water fountain.
I can appreciate how long this video took to make. I cannot choose my favorite as I loved them all but if I had to I actually liked the two smaller ones on the coffee table. I love your channel. Love your humor.
I Think you did an excellent job with all of them. Least favorite was the one with the towel. The most favorite is the one with the rope.
I think they all turned out great. But if I had to choose the rope one I like the best. Thanks for sharing.
my favorite r the very small ones
used as decor
luv ur chnl great DIY ideas
These Are Perfect!! We moved to FL last year. Drastically downsized into a Small, 1 story, stucco that kinda has a mid century modern look in front. I'm playing on that looks & had the bushes along the front pulled out. Designed a curved bed. The plan is a riverbed rock ground cover over plastic. Only 3 cuts for something live. Then use pots for plants, flowers. I Want Large Rocks. They are too expensive. So I will make them. I've been watching so many diy videos on it. THEN, you showed up on my page. These are perfect for my look. I might even say easier too. We'll see lol. Perfect for the clean MSM look. Well, a Modern, MSM, Florida Coastal, tropical look. I'm so excited.
this is so funny! i was just trying to figure out what to do with a non used fireplace that wasn't logs or a flat screen (cover)
and i was googling this title over and over again with mixed results!
I love painting with my hands. The messier the more fun. I think the glass globes were my fav. But I definitely loved the first big yoga ball technique. Loved this. Thanks for sharing!!!
I like the lamp shade method. These would be great in garden beds with smaller plants and grasses.
The first, largest ball worked out the best, also I am also fond of (and will try) making the open-network-of-ropes sphere, as well.
Awesome I love the globe balls they look like the moon
I loved all these spheres. I have done similar forms, much smaller of course, with ceramic clay bodies. The stippling on your smaller glass created spheres is the most common finish I use. You showed that the possibilities/applications of these art pieces is limited only by geography and imagination. Sometimes thin walls struggle in extreme climate swings, just going thicker and dealing with the additional weight makes sense.
The rope with spreading garden flowers put underneath to grown in and around the floor of the ball. Got my space picked out for my project.
Well done, Jorge! You crushed it.
Loved these. Think I will make some of the beachball/rope orbs and stake them to the ground with landscape stakes so they don't fly away in the wind.
You should definitely give it a try!
They look fabulous on your coffee table!!!
Yes! Don’t stop making videos. I love your ideas!
Wow - the happy accident with the glass light fixtures looks amazing. They look so high end styled on the coffee table. I love the texture and look your hammer added to the finish.
Love the variation in texture on the glass cast balls. Nice save.
The ones you thought you messed up are my favorites... but I love them all!
The rope ball is my favorite. I can see having three of them, each painted a different color, like orange, lime green, and lilac purple!
ALSO WOULD BE COOL TO MACREME AROUND ONE THEN POUR CEMENT ON IT
With the towel ball, I was loving it after the first layer of towels with all of the gaps and was sure that some spagnam moss would take root. Or cake it in dirt and plant grass seeds on it. A ball of grass but the gaps look good. Have plants growing in and on it. All will save me big mon3y. Thanks for the tutorial
I think the open one is the prettiest and they all look good together 🤩
I knew that if anyone could do it you could. Thank you Mr 1-2-3
Have you considered creating a concrete snowman?
I like the natural look of the beach ball one. That's the one I would do. They are all nice, great job.
cool balls! lattice one is very sharp with the color and the final touch shine. Thanks Jorge!
Thank you, glad you like them!
Love them all.
Favorite for me… the 2 light fixtures. ❤️
OMG I'm EXCITED!!! Excitement satisfied I love number #1 & #3 the best.
🎉🎉 thanks for watching!
Distressed orbs look like moons. Love these ideas. Thank you!
The glass balls turned out pretty good, but I would have either used less cement and coated the inside a few times between drying - or- I might have just painted the outside of the globes and leave them galss. Maybe, I dunno.
I have way too many inflatable balls I've collected for cement projects. Ha! Ha!
I'm definitely going to try the rope one with twisted strands of cloth. I'll probably sew cloth strips together to make a long piece about 3"-4" wide to twist, or maybe I'll find some interesting ribbon-like material somewhere. Thanks for the inspo! ✌️😎
Do you ever try to make more refined pieces? I have a box of cement called feather finish, it's very fine, making sanding it to a polish easier. I saw it in a cement countertop video. I haven't tried it yet but I bought it for a mushroom art project. I plan to polish and stain/paint the oversized mushroom caps in earthy neutrals with splashes of dirty/dingy jewel colors. I don't do videos, but I might try a video for the mushroom project because I think it's going to turn out pretty awesome!
They’re all good but I think I like the small ones on your coffee table the best. Probably because I live in an apt and they’re the only kind I could use. 😊
Love all of these ideas 😱 I'm already addicted to the concrete spheres in the glass light globes. I pick them up when I see them in my area thrift stores. I put them in my my hosta plant garden and plant moss near them. It grows right up next to them and looks so cool.
Thanks for all of the fabulous ideas☺️
By far the best way to do when making any of these balls . Once you get your first layer on then you need to apply or you can mix in fiberglass you can buy it and any thickness or fiberglass particles mix it in with the cement once dried will be solid strong
Really liked the first three of the balls especiallly the one where you textured with claw of the hammer super sophisticated
These turned out very well.
Admirable arte. Gracias Jorge por compartir tus experiencias.
Project 3 really was a good save and the pitted surface looked better than the smooth sphere. For project 4 you should have used cotton fabric don't you think?
I'm amazed again by everything with what you did with each project. They're each my favourite too, and I liked the glass ball better after you marked it up. I would also like to see how to clean up cement. And I like the Jazz music too. Thanks for sharing and teaching your creativity!👌😊
The 3rd project is actually my fav!
Love the textured balls!
I love them all. I collect rocks anyway, so these are right up my alley.
I think if you went with like first aid gauze instead of the towel that would be thinner and you could do several layers and I think that would look great for the texture of it and it would make a nice hard shell but be lighter weight
Loved this video! Especially the first two balls!
Thank you, glad you loved it!
FABULOUS! I love when you work with cement. I love them all. TFS xoxo
Hello from Daytona Beach. I Love your cement/concrete content.
Thank you so much! I appreciate it
You should've draped the towel over the ball, and let the edges just drape down til it started to dry and shaped the towel edges flavored out and used it for a planter to go with the orbs. Because the towel gets so heavy when you do your way. Check out some of the Asian videos, they make all kinds of cement pots orbs etc... I love the small ones you painted and the biggest one!!
Wonderful!! My favorite is the 3rd one, the distressed ones you said you thought were a fail! I love them!♥️👍👏👏👍♥️
On technique #4. Cut off the ends is the underneath overlaps to keep the weight down in one spot. You could also put the weight on the bottom once wrapped with twine. This keeps the weight from squashing the ball into an egg.
OMG!! I've been looking for this for awhile. Your methods are easy peasy. Can't wait to try them. Thanks.
Great job on all of them my fav was the rope one and the exercise ball!
Love the texture you made on the concrete balls. So much more interesting than just cement.
Jorge, I was so so looking forward to see you deflating and removing that yoga ball on camera since in my mind the way you used that cement bandage and the ridges of the ball, that was going to be a permanent part of the cement ball. I think had you chosen a yoga ball without ridges and then wrapped it in cling film or a big plastic bag before adding the bandages, it would have been easy/easier/possible to remove the yoga ball.
14:56 I think it's Wabi Sabi, appreciating beauty in imperfection.
I love that you are willing to do that hard projects that take time. Great job!
I certainly will try making some of the orbs. Great videos.
I love your channel! Love all your ideas! Great inspiration here and fun! You do a great job..and you are just so down to earth and fun! Glad I'm a new subsciber! Looking forward to the cement ideas love the wood ideas and many more!! !
Love, Love, LOVE this project!!! I wanted to give this a try when I first saw these,, like you,, years ago and NOW I GONNA DO IT!!! THANKS for the inspirational PUSH!!!
Hi thee, all three shapes were nice you can select which you wish to use where. I have to agree they are not difficult to make, but you need the right mixture and time to smooth it out. Kind regards.
I enjoyed the video -- it's fun to see another take on creating with cement. Please please please make sure to tell your viewers to wear a mask when mixing powders like cement -- that stuff is the equivalent of sucking lye down into your lungs. Be safe, kid :)
You are so talented!! I couldn’t wait to see this diy - lately I’ve been into the large spheres and just purchased them from Pottery Barn two of them for over $280 but I kept saying I can make these myself - after watching this I think I will give it a try
Yay! You can definitely make them for less.
So worth it! I LOVE them. I’m inspired.
they are all wonderful. travertine look is my fave
I really enjoyed the video and the end result was spectacular !
The imperfections were perfect!
Super awesome tutorial!! Thank you for sharing and for the inspiration!
omg i can't wait to try this! super amazing share :)
Wow... !!! My best friend, It's always great. We liked and enjoyed to the end.
I appreciate the time you took to make these! I’ll prob skip the towel one but I will for sure try my hand at the other three!
Just a heads up brother, you can use wood glue PVA as a bonding agent also if you use dish detergent it will give you something like an aero bar effect but weakens the concrete significantly.
I loved ALL OF THESE!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
That is a very cool speaker!
Catch me blasting 2000s hits while making content at home. I'm obsessed with it 😂😍
OooOoo!! Those “travertine” orbs are on point!! They look amazing on your table!! I also love the one that looks like a giant ball of jute? I will be making one of those!! 😍
Great job. Love these orbs.
I like the rope sphere. Can’t wait to try them.
I'll absolutely be doing the cement "rope" textured globes in varying sizes. I love the look of that one.
Thank you, glad you love it!
I think you did fantastic I love all of them.So many options Thankyou Wow
Genius! Impossible to pick a favorite!
They are fabulous!
I love the architectural design to them and the many ways to incorporate them into ones aesthetic!
You are so talented and I love the way you create beautiful high end looking designs that are very affordable!
Bravo!! ❤️😍🤩👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you, I appreciate it! Glad you enjoy watching! 😁❤️
Thank you, I appreciate it! Glad you enjoy watching! 😁❤️
I liked the rope ball. Great vidio!
I love balls and cement, can't wait to try these 🤭
I already have a yoga ball, 5 below had them cheap.
I really enjoyed them all. love the chippy small ball
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This was good. I would suggest mixing plaster, cement mix, and sand, it helps bond better. I've used plaster first, dry, and napkins/paper towels mixed with cement sand mixture. Finally just the sand and cement.
Loving your video here in Australia rendered look is so in, please find a way to get rustoleums stone spray paint over here!!! Or send me some I'll pay cost price plus extra for your troubles xx
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Brilliant video. I'd like to make a few with your rope method and use them as large garden lights