Garden plot – a wonderful place not only for holidays. Here you can implement your own creative potential. The landscape of the area often develops a specialist, if the owner wants to get his idea in quality performance professional. However, this does not exclude his own participation in the creative process. Garden figures for the garden can be the detail that will transform the garden and give it personality.
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The basic principles of selecting decorations for the garden
Should be guided by simple principles based on which it is easy to choose correct and logical.
- Figures should fit into the garden design and not contradict him. Otherwise, their presence can ruin everything, no matter how cute they may be.
- If the choice of location for garden ornaments in doubt, can contour cut figures out of cardboard and try to put it in the most appropriate places. This method helps to determine the choice.
- It is not necessary to overload the site with sculptures. This may dissipate the attention, to create the impression of congestion patterns and the complexity of the plot as a whole. The purpose of garden decoration is to achieve harmony with nature.
- The figure should not necessarily become the center of the garden composition. A small world created by the artist, or in harmony with the vegetation of the area, a lone figure is what you need. These decorations form the magic garden, be a pleasant surprise.
- Nice picture, no wonder is placed in the frame. It is very important that garden figurine was designed and complemented by other design elements. In a Chinese garden, this is the role «lunar gate» or Windows in the inner walls of the garden. But the background can become arch, braided roses, rustic fence. Wonderful frame create a properly trimmed trees.
Garden figures in limited quantities, the appropriate style orientation of the site, blending harmoniously with the existing realities, will enliven the garden and it’s nice to diversify.
Young garden, the Dryad received news from the graceful elf sitting on a pylon is a great plot for a natural garden
Harmoniously and naturally looks like Mowgli, who is tired and fell asleep on the back of his faithful friend and teacher — Bagheera
«Lunar gate» element, which is widely used in Chinese gardens, marvelously concentrates the view and sets the desired angle
Style the finished decorative figurines
When making a garden it is important that the decorations that will complement, correspond with the story line, proportions and the landscape in General.
A classical garden style requires valuable jewelry, so the sculptures chosen for the areas that are in need of professional skills and expensive materials. It can be bronze, natural wood or marble. Majestic and beautiful, they look like the ones we see in photos of the Summer garden in Saint Petersburg.
This sculpture is unlikely to do yourself, but in a classical garden, it is the most appropriate and attractive
In the natural landscape being asked not too large figurines that perfectly fit into the surrounding greenery, practical merge with trees or flower beds and will be a nice addition that is not immediately and see. But seeing such decorative elements, it is impossible not to admire them.
A tired nymph asleep in the garden on the hill – this picture opens suddenly, involuntarily want to move to a whisper, so as not to startle the sleeping girl
Oriental gardens, Japanese and Chinese style wonderfully different from each other, regardless of the fact that for many elements the Japanese garden starting points are ideas that originated in China. A sign of the Japanese garden – minimalism. Here you can see more stones than sculpture. But Chinese gardens can shelter in its territory of stylized dragons, lions etc.
The Chinese dragon is a reliable guard, who never miss the garden of those who had plotted something evil against his master
Fans of country style can put in your garden is the fun German gnomes or even build a small world in the European spirit, inhabited by the typical representatives of the farms, or fairy tales.
Nice little world in the style of country, inhabited by elves, dwarves or just the garden spirits, will undoubtedly give a special touch to any garden
Rustic style is the most omnivorous of all. Here animals and birds, and fairy-tale characters, and people. In such compositions it is especially important to keep a sense of proportion.
A small piece of ordinary rural life, in which always present a cheerful family, the cow, the nurse and other village animals
For any style solutions, you can find suitable figures. Made of wood, metal, plaster or polystone, they are sold in many souvenir shops or stores for gardeners. But much more interesting to make garden figures with their hands.
Material for making garden sculptures
Figures for the garden you can create out of any available materials. It is important to have the desire to make your garden special and unfulfilled creative potential.
Wood is a natural material for garden sculptures
The tree is part of Nature, which man always revered as the source of life. Figurines made of wood and for us humans purely urban, is always attractive: it preserves the warmth of wood. Perhaps that is why even evil forest spirits in the form of garden pieces of wood don’t seem terrible. On the contrary, believe that they protect the land from intruders.
Old wood-Goblin in the cap of green moss carefully watches over the life of the garden, to notice, whether everything is in order
Partially merging with the surrounding landscape, wooden garden dwellers become friends, in the company of which even the silence is not burdensome. To touch these sculptures nice: they are not blowing cold. Figures can be very different from the intricate incarnation of the pianist, who found in the bushes not the piano, of course, but also a decent tool to a mere stump, which is clearly on your mind.
The inspired musician plays ancient instrument, not noticing anyone around, maybe he just got lost in time and space
Even in the stone you can see the life
For the manufacture of garden figures with their hands sometimes to get the stone of a suitable size and eye of the artist, who sees in the usual boulder of a sleeping cat, the dog, which is seeking attention of the owner, funny turtles, a newborn fawn or a whole family of ladybugs. The elements of nature that can be used as ornaments, have always been and remain very popular.
Such stones we often bring with us a memory about sea, sun and wonderful time of summer vacation
Such stones often lead from the shore as a reminder of happy summer days. They are gorgeous and in its original condition. But a bit of paint, lacquer or other materials allow them «come to life», to show your inner self to make our house or garden are particularly attractive.
Unusual use of conventional foam
The minimal cost will take to create durable, original and diverse pieces of foam. Creative people are adventurous: sometimes to create a real masterpiece in their possession no practically nothing. Come to the aid of not only creations of nature, but modern materials and technologies, which can also be used in an unusual way.
Application to create garden figurines foam makes them durable and water resistant. These qualities are necessary in order to withstand the weather and changing temperature regimes. With the help of foam is often made of snails, dolphins, gnomes, swans, storks, donkeys and so on. The choice is big enough that something interesting can be created for any style decisions.
Donkey to do not so easy, for this you need to stock up not only patience and foam, you need cement, tiles and … great mood!
So, the master decided on the model, remains to be foam, wear something old and protect your hands with gloves: the foam is washed after curing very bad. This fact should be taken into account when preparing the workplace. Manufacturer character begins with the formation of its skeleton. For this purpose, sticks, plastic bottles, buckets or cups, wire and other items.
Finished donkey from the foam looks great even under the Christmas tree, because in the garden he can go only in summer
To apply the foam important. Each previous layer needs to dry well. The period of curing of the foam — about a quarter of an hour. To correct the finished product must either to its drying, or after cutting off the excess with a utility knife. The finished product remains to paint and varnish, so that it lasts as long as possible.
There is another option for the shutdown. You can cover the figure with cement, will be decorating its surface colored tiles. After drying, the product is strengthened by moisture-proof grout for exterior use. Now the figure is not afraid neither a rain, nor cold.
Gypsum is the standard material for garden decoration
The basic requirement for the garden figurines out of plaster – they must be durable and resistant to precipitation. Academic fidelity is usually not needed. A small figure you can sculpt without the basics, but for a large sculpture, which has legs, arms or tail required a reinforced frame. To do this, cut pieces of rebar connected to the frame, echoing the skeleton of the future product. Don’t forget the protruding elements, at the foot, with which the figure will be mounted on the Foundation.
This wonderful cat is made with a great sense of humor, is a clear demonstration of the fact that the figures of gypsum does not have to be pompous or, on the contrary, deliberately lurid
In the diluted gypsum you need to add PVA glue at the rate of 1% of the total volume of the product. Gypsum should be applied layers, allowing each previous layer to dry well. If desired, the figure can be painted.
Even garden gnomes do not have to be sugary-sweet, they are just like us: fun, lazy, good-natured, funny…
The figures make the garden more effective, brighter. In addition, the dwarves, for example, considered to be the keepers of the plants. It may well be that, with such decorations, the harvest will be richer.
