Comment by Don Hansen on February 22, 2013 at 12:53am

Looks very fine.

Comment by Nathan Giffin Vertical Artisans on February 22, 2013 at 9:01am

Looks nice Jim... any specie type?

Comment by scott dobert on February 23, 2013 at 8:15am

nice lookin bark! i gotta try my hand at this some time.

Comment by Jim Wieschel on February 23, 2013 at 10:59am

Thanks guys. Nathan it's just your typical Wisconsin oak.  Whenever I walk the dog I take 100 pics of close up tree bark.  My neighbors think I'm crazy but I'm ok with that.

Comment by Stefan Price on February 12, 2014 at 11:28am

How did you create it.  Did you sculpt it or use a texture stamp?

Comment by nelson lasaosa on February 12, 2014 at 7:03pm

Stephan, that`s e newly created (top secret) lol. but I would guess something like doing your typical rough bark and then sort of slinging some mortar bits. Of course, gotta clean back the fissures in the bark..... 

Comment by Jim Wieschel on February 12, 2014 at 8:48pm

This was an add on for a fireplace surround. Had to get it done quick, so I used rapid set. I mixed very small amounts and stacked little by little. I used a chip brush for texture. Was able to apply bark and color within 4 hours, installed the next morning. I used acrylic paints from Walmart that I watered down.

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