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Penny Ball
Aug. 5th, 2011 10:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
primsongI made a penny ball! Thought some of you might like to try this or something similar as an easy garden art accent. I like the roundness of things like gazing balls, but they're so expensive as well as breakable, so this was my solution.
I got an old bowling ball from a garage sale, saved up pennies and then attached them by means of a clear marine cement. This comes in a tube, the brand I have is 'Amazing Goop, Marine' though I'm sure there are other brands out there. It adheres non-porous surfaces (like bowling balls and pennies) and is weatherproof. I attached a few at a time, rotating the ball each time so it could cure. Looking forward to seeing the copper oxidize.
I've done two others as well (got on a roll!), one with old 80s costume jewelry (hammered flat where needed) for a 'bling ball' and a black bowling ball with blue swirls was sprinkled all over with fake clear gems so it looks like stars in a milky way.
I got an old bowling ball from a garage sale, saved up pennies and then attached them by means of a clear marine cement. This comes in a tube, the brand I have is 'Amazing Goop, Marine' though I'm sure there are other brands out there. It adheres non-porous surfaces (like bowling balls and pennies) and is weatherproof. I attached a few at a time, rotating the ball each time so it could cure. Looking forward to seeing the copper oxidize.
I've done two others as well (got on a roll!), one with old 80s costume jewelry (hammered flat where needed) for a 'bling ball' and a black bowling ball with blue swirls was sprinkled all over with fake clear gems so it looks like stars in a milky way.
