I have sold many of my creations and in fact, have sold out at my last sale. I sold at a regional one-day garden show, and everyone loved the look of primitive stone. In fact, I market it as a primitive stone look. People like the fact that it looks natural in the landscape. I price very reasonable. Most birdbaths are $30 and under. I have sold fountains from $50 to $75, and many of my large garden bowls go at about $20 to $25, depending on the size. You will find if you let people lift it and touch it, and then see how well plants grow in them, you'll do quite well. Just keep your prices reasonable. It's like getting paid for something you love to do. And, in fact, I sell many of my projects right out of my front yard in my winter residence in the desert. By the way, I'm used to posting photos on the photo gallery section, by I notice some of you have posted photos here. I've tried cut and paste and that hasn't worked. Any ideas?

 Hi all, thanks for such nice comments. dellare, I purchased the mold from eBay from a seller by the name of "gostatue". The hands are a little more "chunky" than it showed on his picture but it's actually better because the final casting is stronger. Rockhewer, thanks for your nice comment. I get my inspiration from you all sharing. bigack, thanks for the complement, I love my 'tufa name too! Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle, I hope you learn much from your book. If you've ever read the Kindergarden Essay by Robert Fulghum, it pertains to me and the Hypertufa Forum . . . He states, "ALL I EVER REALLY NEEDED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN: MOST OF WHAT I ... THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED: SHARE EVERYTHING. PLAY FAIR. DON'T HIT PEOPLE ... " but, EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT HYPERTUFA, I LEARNED BY READING AND ASKING QUESTIONS ON THE HYPERTUFA FORUM. Thanks again to all you wonderful 'Tufa Mentors out there. Buddyfly, it's great to be back again. I so missed being here, seeing, reading and learning. Thank you so much for sharing so much of your stuff and allowing us to learn much from you. I hope you are able to work with bonsai trees, it's so rewarding. However, they're like little babies and puppies, you can't ignore them, when they're little, they require lots of care.  I WANT TO GROW BONSAI TREES UNTIL THE DAY I CAN NO LONGER MOVE MY FEEBLE BODY, BUT EVEN THEN, I KNOW I'LL BE PRUNING AND POTTING THEM IN MY IMAGINATION! paws4pets, Your comments came through just as I was doing the research to see if I could remember who the seller was on eBay (gostatue). You're right, there are so many uses for this mold. It was originally advertised as a birdfeeder but my little birdbrain automatically thought about my little trees and how cute they would look between the hands.

This is such a wonderful idea, but please do some major homework. Think safety first. These walls will need some sort of foundation and reinforcement. Because of the size, it will be expensive (at least to this retired school teacher budget) and a lot of work. To veneer concrete block with hypertufa might be an option. But there are practical considerations such as expansion joints and simply manhandling all that heavy material. Hypertufa is relatively light, but that word relative covers the earth when it's my back or yours. (Like that old joke: minor surgery = anthing done to you and major surgery = anything done to me.) Spend some time looking at this entire site and you'll find lots of information and many links. I envy you your imaginative design and encourage you to follow up and do it. But consider carefully the physical effort, financial investment, the learning curve and time to carefully plan a beautiful and safe project. You don't want a large, permanent, heavy mess in the yard. Most of us can only dream on this scale and we'd all be delighted to see this project come to fruition. Get a camera a document your progress and keep us posted! David

Send her up here when you are done with her! ;o) I have always INTENDED to learn to do this, and just have never gotten around to it. I have so many areas where I would love hypertufa planters! Hope y'all have a GREAT time! You'll have to post pictures once you get the class going. Marcia