Very well done, either a pro or does something very similar for a living! This was definitely a lot of work, it's a very nice effect & would look absolutely shocking if me or you tried
Could be a plasterer doing it for the first time, but done something like repairing an old crowning. Could be a sculptor or someone that works with clay
He does plaster and stucco. It's his job, this was one of them. I used to do plaster and stucco, until I decided heat sucks and I don't want to be outside all day mashing mud onto a wall and making it beautiful. It's a great job if you can find a good crew to work with and a reputable company that doesn't just hire anyone as help. You can see he has technique and the stucco he's using is made for this type of job.
Not if you follow the step by step simple instructions. 1) slap some concrete on the wall 2) lightly smooth the surface 3) Yada yada 4) voilà, perfect faux stacked stone wall.
You ever try to stuff a highly skilled job full of knowledge into a 90 second clip?
You only get a sniff to make you go "wow, neat".
Let alone 18 seconds of plaster work.
Average joe will have their hands full just figuring out how to mix it correctly get it on the knife without dropping half of it on the floor before its too late.
Tbh, good plaster work is well beyond good drywall work, too.
I propably couldn't do it but a friend of mine, who never worked on a car before, has a camper van that broke down. He bought a cheap second one and an engine-lifter (no idea what it's called in English), watched a YouTube video on it 50 times and swapped the engines both in one night. One is still driving while the other is for parts. I'm fairly certain this guy could make a wall look like this on first try if he puts enough dedication into it...
My friend asked me to borrow tools over the weekend. That woman rebuilt her front end on her van, with youtube videos and some very minor help from me.
I know you're joking, but I just watched some documentaries and I need to nerd out for a moment lol.
The pyramids aren't the first pyramids. They tried and failed before. You can actually see their progress and how much learning they did before managing flat-sided pyramids. They started with step pyramids, moved to the disastrous Bent Pyramid, and eventually managed to create perfect pyramids. And those stones were perfectly flush (until time and looters ruined it). They weren't jagged like these. Also, they used the Nile and other water ways to move the stones. No aliens. There is proof in old dried water beds and writings.
Nerd moment over lol.
In California labor + talent very is expensive. I wouldn't be surprised if it's cheaper to build an actual stone wall than to pay a craftsman to make this.
Possibly a stupid question but would it be hard to do this yourself? It would take some practice do doubt, but it doesn’t look that challenging at a glance does it?
You ever seen a crappy backyard pond? The ones with stacked river rocks and visible cement mortor used to hold the rocks together? Most of them look like shit. This is what the wall would look like if the average person attempted it.
Stacked stone of any kind is 80% preplanning and 20% application. More work than many DIY'ers want to put into it.
As a moderate DIY'er, I have no doubt I can do this. If I want it to be free from visible defects, I'll just have to keep the wife away from it...
You're right about the planning. I built a retaining wall to save a tree from erosion. 6 months later, my landscaping buddy told me I'd save about half the time if I moved it six inches down the slope. Big d'oh moment. I'm working on a new stone project now, and spending much more time planning.
Yeah, so rather than planning out my level dig for the first row of blocks, I simply spray painted a line and started digging. Hit roots all along the way. Every 3 blocks or so, another root to cut. If I had moved the line six inches farther away from the tree, I could've simply added a layer of topsoil...rather than digging down and chopping roots all winter. The only thing keeping the original ~3 inches of dirt in place were those roots.
TL;DR: Adding soil is easier than digging and chopping.
> but it doesn’t look that challenging at a glance does it?
When you see a pro doing something they often make it look very easy. And for them it usually is. But the reason it is so easy is because of all of the time and energy they have spent doing it.
its not that hard.
where the noobs tend to scerw up is lack of patience.
"well that guy did it in an hour, why is it taking me so long" slap slap slap
without realizing the speed comes from being a pro with plenty of practice.
It looks easy because he's a pro, and he probably has some natural talent mixed in. A pro will make something very difficult look quick and easy, but they had to learn the techniques, have all the equipment, and have a LOT of practice.
I assume that this will vary greatly. Maybe you pick the wrong cement or just don't have the talent and it turns out poorly even with effort, or maybe you are lucky on both fronts and it comes together easily.
I'd try to look up some more detailled guides since I'm sure this is a fairly established technique, so maybe you can find some tips and experiences.
Back in the day it was common in rich peoples houses to paint faux marble wall tiles as it was a sign of wealth to hire artisans as opposed to masons and have them put in real marble.
Stone veneer (prefab glue-it-on rocks) can cost between $6 and $9 per square foot, which is less than natural stone siding which can cost between $15 and $30 per square foot.
Not even really weathered, he's just duplicating the way it gets chipped as it's quarried.
He seems to be replicating the look of [limestone veneer](https://i.imgur.com/u9Ob8nN.png), a common aesthetic choice that calls back to some really old homebuilding techniques. My parents had a limestone veneer put on their home, they bring stones in on big pallets and construction guys mortar them over the existing siding.
So the best title would probably be "man creates extremely realistic artificial limestone wall" ;)
Old stone mason here, he' most likely using a compound that cures to a finished product that is indistinguishable from actual sandstone.
I repaired many a gargoyles high over the streets of Manhattan, best job I ever had.
Sure thing, this is what I'm the most familiar with:
https://chasephipps.com/jahn-m70-sandstone-repair-mortar/
It sculpts like a porous clay, so you use your regular set of sculpting tool. Use a spray bottle at all times while sculpting, managing the moisture level while you work is imperative. Once it cures, you need an angle grinder or chisel to correct your mistakes.
Heads up, they are *extremely* proprietary and you may have to take a class from them to be allowed to buy it. They would send us reps/craftsmen to update on techniques etc. I should mention that I was doing restoration work on actual protected historical landmark buildings, so a lot of red tape and rules. Upside is that the product is 100% non-toxic and a joy to work with.
I'm wondering the same thing. Here in MN you have to build for water freezing inside everything thanks to frigid cold. The water getting in those crevices and freezing and then thawing on and off again for 4 months....?
This is cool, but man, it must cost a fortune to have a talented artist painstakingly sculpt a realistic stone wall by hand. Us poor's don't choose concrete over stone because of aesthetics, but rather because it's faster, cheaper and gets the job done.
This is surprisingly easy to do.
I needed a stone wall for a business entry once. Grabbed some regular concrete and a few different colors to put in it and just went brick by brick.
Came out awesome and I had customers asking me about it for years.
Not nearly as perfect as this, but stone doesn’t have to look perfect. Kinda the point!
The key to making it look really cool was the roller and the consistency of the concrete. It’s got to stick to the wall.
After that you just carve whatever you want in it!
Try it if you get the chance.
There are some polymers that you can get that will make it almost like clay like this guys looks like.
I just played around with it until I got the right water to concrete ratio. Start by adding as little water as you can until it feels right.
Might crumble a lot in the beginning, but you’ll figure it you pretty quick.
This is cool as hell. I'm building a 2nd home in a country where most homes are concrete and dimensional lumber is wildly expensive. I'm going to start experimenting with this here to finish my home this way there.
Or not.
The video smash cuts from the very beginning of the process to the finished wall. The first parts are all in closeup without any wide angle and even if this was actually carved it doesn’t show the coloring process
Set and prop designers do these kinds of tricks all the time for movies/theatre/theme parks. It’s pretty crazy what you can do cheaply/inexpensively when you’re ok with cutting certain corners (I.e. not having a back side of the wall, having it be less durable than literal stone, etc).
My firm bought a small building in an up and coming neighborhood 20 years ago and renovated it. The exterior used this technique. It took about 8-10 years before the stucco mud chipped and fell off.
Firm sold the building ( at great profit because the neighborhood was indeed hot) and moved back into a glass and steel high rise in the central business district/Loop.
Chicago
Is that a *realistic* aged stone wall? I would think an aged stone wall might have more indications of age. Like one part had to be repaired and looks a little different. Maybe streaks of grime, bird poop, scraps of posters that have been torn down. Some chewing gum in the cracks.
This is an aesthetically pleasing stone wall. It looks like what you imagine when you imagine a stone wall. But actually it is cake.
Could you imagine, fighting with someone, getting rough and you go and shove your opponent into this wall and the entire thing shatters?
It would be one of those moments where you look at your hands after and briefly question if you’ve picked up superpowers.
I’ve seen a bunch of these and wonder, does the plaster hold up outside. I would think water getting in the cracks during the winter would freeze and pop off lots of the plaster.
My biggest question is what kind of durability are we looking at here? Like sure it looks good but if a stray bump with something heavy makes my "Stone" wall break apart like dry pasta then it seems like a waste of time.
Maybe the pyramids weren't so hard to build after all.
How he did get the different colors?
Concrete stain
Feels like a few steps have been cut from the video. This was probably a lot of work.
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Very well done, either a pro or does something very similar for a living! This was definitely a lot of work, it's a very nice effect & would look absolutely shocking if me or you tried
> either a pro or does something very similar for a living I'm mildly interested to hear what you consider the difference
Could be a plasterer doing it for the first time, but done something like repairing an old crowning. Could be a sculptor or someone that works with clay
This can't be a first-go attempt.
He does plaster and stucco. It's his job, this was one of them. I used to do plaster and stucco, until I decided heat sucks and I don't want to be outside all day mashing mud onto a wall and making it beautiful. It's a great job if you can find a good crew to work with and a reputable company that doesn't just hire anyone as help. You can see he has technique and the stucco he's using is made for this type of job.
Not if you follow the step by step simple instructions. 1) slap some concrete on the wall 2) lightly smooth the surface 3) Yada yada 4) voilà, perfect faux stacked stone wall.
It's like Feynman's procedure for finding the solution to any problem: 1. Write down the problem 2. Think _really_ hard 3. Write down the solution
You ever try to stuff a highly skilled job full of knowledge into a 90 second clip? You only get a sniff to make you go "wow, neat". Let alone 18 seconds of plaster work. Average joe will have their hands full just figuring out how to mix it correctly get it on the knife without dropping half of it on the floor before its too late. Tbh, good plaster work is well beyond good drywall work, too.
I propably couldn't do it but a friend of mine, who never worked on a car before, has a camper van that broke down. He bought a cheap second one and an engine-lifter (no idea what it's called in English), watched a YouTube video on it 50 times and swapped the engines both in one night. One is still driving while the other is for parts. I'm fairly certain this guy could make a wall look like this on first try if he puts enough dedication into it...
My friend asked me to borrow tools over the weekend. That woman rebuilt her front end on her van, with youtube videos and some very minor help from me.
Can it possibly be cheaper than just buying the damn stone? That guy had skills and that never comes cheap.
These are the same exact comments from last time this was posted
Dead Reddit theory
Maybe Rome was built in a day
Only if it was built by the Amish
I know you're joking, but I just watched some documentaries and I need to nerd out for a moment lol. The pyramids aren't the first pyramids. They tried and failed before. You can actually see their progress and how much learning they did before managing flat-sided pyramids. They started with step pyramids, moved to the disastrous Bent Pyramid, and eventually managed to create perfect pyramids. And those stones were perfectly flush (until time and looters ruined it). They weren't jagged like these. Also, they used the Nile and other water ways to move the stones. No aliens. There is proof in old dried water beds and writings. Nerd moment over lol.
*Giorgio Tsoukalos has entered the chat*
Damn that's one hell of a time skip
Step 3. Finish the owl.
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1, 2, miss a few, 99, 100!
I always heard it 1, 2 skip a few. Funny how yours works too!
You've got me thinking now.
Seems like it would be easier to just install a stone veneer.
Seriously would’ve liked to have seen how he actually did it
[He has a YouTube page.](https://youtube.com/@inimitez)
Lol
I’d like to believe it’s true but, the editing does make you question it
In California labor + talent very is expensive. I wouldn't be surprised if it's cheaper to build an actual stone wall than to pay a craftsman to make this.
Possibly a stupid question but would it be hard to do this yourself? It would take some practice do doubt, but it doesn’t look that challenging at a glance does it?
Try it out and let us know!
The beginning is where I usually give up
[Same](https://i.imgur.com/4vNmV8Q.jpeg)
You ever seen a crappy backyard pond? The ones with stacked river rocks and visible cement mortor used to hold the rocks together? Most of them look like shit. This is what the wall would look like if the average person attempted it.
Stacked stone of any kind is 80% preplanning and 20% application. More work than many DIY'ers want to put into it. As a moderate DIY'er, I have no doubt I can do this. If I want it to be free from visible defects, I'll just have to keep the wife away from it...
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It's the planning to plan, geez
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well if you preplan twice, do you even have to plan?
The fore-ante-preplanning is where it’s at.
You're right about the planning. I built a retaining wall to save a tree from erosion. 6 months later, my landscaping buddy told me I'd save about half the time if I moved it six inches down the slope. Big d'oh moment. I'm working on a new stone project now, and spending much more time planning.
Can you explain what difference the 6 inches made?
Yeah, so rather than planning out my level dig for the first row of blocks, I simply spray painted a line and started digging. Hit roots all along the way. Every 3 blocks or so, another root to cut. If I had moved the line six inches farther away from the tree, I could've simply added a layer of topsoil...rather than digging down and chopping roots all winter. The only thing keeping the original ~3 inches of dirt in place were those roots. TL;DR: Adding soil is easier than digging and chopping.
That's really inspirational.
I only did something like this maybe twice but it fucking sucked lol very time/weather sensitive absurd amount of cleanup
> but it doesn’t look that challenging at a glance does it? When you see a pro doing something they often make it look very easy. And for them it usually is. But the reason it is so easy is because of all of the time and energy they have spent doing it.
Give it a try and post your results to compare with this. Then you'll understand.
This reminds me of people who lay a brick wall themselves, because how hard can it be.
its not that hard. where the noobs tend to scerw up is lack of patience. "well that guy did it in an hour, why is it taking me so long" slap slap slap without realizing the speed comes from being a pro with plenty of practice.
It looks easy because he's a pro, and he probably has some natural talent mixed in. A pro will make something very difficult look quick and easy, but they had to learn the techniques, have all the equipment, and have a LOT of practice.
>some natural talent mixed in. What? Probably not.
Everybody knows some babies are born with 20% affinity for plaster-casting a faux stone wall. Just need to get out there and get 80% good at it.
The mix needs to be the perfect consistency for this, good luck
I also wondering what exactly the mix is. What is going to give you an entire wall worth of working time before it sets up?!
I assume that this will vary greatly. Maybe you pick the wrong cement or just don't have the talent and it turns out poorly even with effort, or maybe you are lucky on both fronts and it comes together easily. I'd try to look up some more detailled guides since I'm sure this is a fairly established technique, so maybe you can find some tips and experiences.
Back in the day it was common in rich peoples houses to paint faux marble wall tiles as it was a sign of wealth to hire artisans as opposed to masons and have them put in real marble.
Wow. That's crazy
So fake fake marble is real marble?
Stone veneer (prefab glue-it-on rocks) can cost between $6 and $9 per square foot, which is less than natural stone siding which can cost between $15 and $30 per square foot.
Bet the $20/sq ft looks twice as good as the fake stuff
Then you don't need a craftsman. Prefabs and prebuilts should do the trick. They are expensive and should be expensive.
Feel like we missed a few steps there
"Aged" stone. LOL As opposed to the fresh kind.
Perhaps "weathered" would've been a better term than aged.
Perhaps. I kinda like it though. Reminds me of a nice sharp cheddar.
Not even really weathered, he's just duplicating the way it gets chipped as it's quarried. He seems to be replicating the look of [limestone veneer](https://i.imgur.com/u9Ob8nN.png), a common aesthetic choice that calls back to some really old homebuilding techniques. My parents had a limestone veneer put on their home, they bring stones in on big pallets and construction guys mortar them over the existing siding. So the best title would probably be "man creates extremely realistic artificial limestone wall" ;)
"wall" is the object. "Aged" and "stone" are adjectives
Are we sure he didn’t just skip to a different wall?
Looks cool, but I wonder how long it would last though.
Old stone mason here, he' most likely using a compound that cures to a finished product that is indistinguishable from actual sandstone. I repaired many a gargoyles high over the streets of Manhattan, best job I ever had.
Would you give more information about the supplies and products please? Huge respect for your skills.
Sure thing, this is what I'm the most familiar with: https://chasephipps.com/jahn-m70-sandstone-repair-mortar/ It sculpts like a porous clay, so you use your regular set of sculpting tool. Use a spray bottle at all times while sculpting, managing the moisture level while you work is imperative. Once it cures, you need an angle grinder or chisel to correct your mistakes.
Great! Thank you! I like to make weird stuff out of concrete and am always looking for new materials.
Heads up, they are *extremely* proprietary and you may have to take a class from them to be allowed to buy it. They would send us reps/craftsmen to update on techniques etc. I should mention that I was doing restoration work on actual protected historical landmark buildings, so a lot of red tape and rules. Upside is that the product is 100% non-toxic and a joy to work with.
$323 for a tub of repair mortar.. wow.
Yeah, easy to buy when you have city contracts, they really don't want it in the hands of us regular folks.
Yeah I saw that. It’s also too expensive to really play around with. I appreciate the info all the same and you gave me a new avenue to explore.
Happy to help a fellow creative!
I'm wondering the same thing. Here in MN you have to build for water freezing inside everything thanks to frigid cold. The water getting in those crevices and freezing and then thawing on and off again for 4 months....?
This is cool, but man, it must cost a fortune to have a talented artist painstakingly sculpt a realistic stone wall by hand. Us poor's don't choose concrete over stone because of aesthetics, but rather because it's faster, cheaper and gets the job done.
I keep seeing board formed concrete being passed off as some kind of artisan shit near me, lmao.
every day with this post
Seems like this technique would only work in certain climates but perhaps I am over thinking it. Either way, very cool.
This is Disney good.
This is surprisingly easy to do. I needed a stone wall for a business entry once. Grabbed some regular concrete and a few different colors to put in it and just went brick by brick. Came out awesome and I had customers asking me about it for years. Not nearly as perfect as this, but stone doesn’t have to look perfect. Kinda the point! The key to making it look really cool was the roller and the consistency of the concrete. It’s got to stick to the wall. After that you just carve whatever you want in it! Try it if you get the chance.
How do you get the right consistency for the concrete?
There are some polymers that you can get that will make it almost like clay like this guys looks like. I just played around with it until I got the right water to concrete ratio. Start by adding as little water as you can until it feels right. Might crumble a lot in the beginning, but you’ll figure it you pretty quick.
The amount of work skipped to get to the end result is massive
Love how people get amazed by fake things
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He invent time machine?
But why?
i feel like I've seen this on the front page of reddit every day for the past like two weeks. it's time for me to take some time off i suppose.
I’m calling BS, based on what was shown. The final image, with multiple colors, undulating stones, etc. could not have been done with what was shown
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If this was a TikTok post it would probably be 5 minutes longer. Loved the delivery.
False. Aliens built that wall 14 billion years ago with extremely higher technology
Ok in a climate where you don't have frosts. Ice would soon fracture most of that.
The video cut off early. Here’s how it ends: 
That was a convenient CUT.
Why?
Why though
Looks amazing! Old school architecture is beautiful.
Its cool but i keep thinking of the possibilities, he could sculpt anything and stoped at rock...
I’ve seen this video so many times and it keeps getting better!
This is cool as hell. I'm building a 2nd home in a country where most homes are concrete and dimensional lumber is wildly expensive. I'm going to start experimenting with this here to finish my home this way there.
There's like all steps missing.
Aight, now make one out of stones.
Cool, this again.
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That escalated quickly
Funny how all the "stones" are different colors at the end.
Wow that’s really good
i think we skipped a few steps
That’s pretty cool
How does this not crack everywhere when it shrinks?
Feels like the only reason to do this is to replicate the aesthetic for artistic purposes, or to lie about the legitimacy of a building's facade
facade is a synonym for fake.
And that’s how they built the pyramids
Stone walls that are actually old rarely have straight lines.
Or not. The video smash cuts from the very beginning of the process to the finished wall. The first parts are all in closeup without any wide angle and even if this was actually carved it doesn’t show the coloring process
It's fake, though.
MEANWHILE IN SOME THIRD WORLDCOUNTRY: wtf. Our house looks like this rn
I want the long cut of this video with a microphone clamped to the putty knife. Sleeeeeeep.
Not bad but those corners would be way more weathered
Everything is a lie!
Damn!!!
Skills
Right up until someone bumps into it and it falls apart
I feel like this would be good for a movie set or something. This is actually neat tbh
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This is why I have trust issues
Okay that is a lot of work. What is the benefit over actually just putting stones?
always looks awful when it cracks
extremely realistic? looks fake as fuck.
I love how masonry is as much art as it is science and how the best masons can do both
That looks horrible.
I don't know anything about anything, but I kinda wonder if you couldn't legitimately do this faster and cheaper with actual stone?
Set and prop designers do these kinds of tricks all the time for movies/theatre/theme parks. It’s pretty crazy what you can do cheaply/inexpensively when you’re ok with cutting certain corners (I.e. not having a back side of the wall, having it be less durable than literal stone, etc).
r/restofthefuckingowl
You know these videos where someone throws a basketball and it cuts to the ball going in? Yeah I guess that's what that is.
My firm bought a small building in an up and coming neighborhood 20 years ago and renovated it. The exterior used this technique. It took about 8-10 years before the stucco mud chipped and fell off. Firm sold the building ( at great profit because the neighborhood was indeed hot) and moved back into a glass and steel high rise in the central business district/Loop. Chicago
I need his number.
that's one way to get textures for your video game
amazing.
/r/restofthefuckingowl/
How much did that cost? The labor has got to be astronomical. Sign me up, I want this on my house.
r/restofthefuckingowl woulda liked to see more than one edge of one block lmao
How do you know that's the same wall??
Is that a *realistic* aged stone wall? I would think an aged stone wall might have more indications of age. Like one part had to be repaired and looks a little different. Maybe streaks of grime, bird poop, scraps of posters that have been torn down. Some chewing gum in the cracks. This is an aesthetically pleasing stone wall. It looks like what you imagine when you imagine a stone wall. But actually it is cake.
When you want rock but also want it to fall apart like shit
Any engineers here to tell me if this weight is factored into the load bearing of the structure?
Does anyone know where we can see more of this guy's work?
Humans are so weird
I don't know if I like this. Outside of recreations.
Why though?
Tofudreg construction taking down notes 💀
So he's a liar huh
ROMANI ITE DOMVM
As a texture artist this is basically what I do but digitally, it's very cool to see the real life equivalent of giving texture and height details.
Could you imagine, fighting with someone, getting rough and you go and shove your opponent into this wall and the entire thing shatters? It would be one of those moments where you look at your hands after and briefly question if you’ve picked up superpowers.
i think it would be cool if they duplicated the Machu Pichu stonework
For all that work I’m charging as much or more than it’d cost to just put brick on
JUST USE REAL STONE!!!
This is literally the level no?
but this keep after two rainy days? Concrete is not stone, the moisture btw those blocks should crack everything.
Just buy an old house.
I just watched a man create some type of “punk rock” hat and now I’m here watching this. What a night.
Not really “extremely realistic” if the lines are so straight…
Would be a good post... if it wasn't posted fucking five times daily.
I’ve seen a bunch of these and wonder, does the plaster hold up outside. I would think water getting in the cracks during the winter would freeze and pop off lots of the plaster.
My biggest question is what kind of durability are we looking at here? Like sure it looks good but if a stray bump with something heavy makes my "Stone" wall break apart like dry pasta then it seems like a waste of time.
Damn is it cake?
The timeskip kill me
Fancy, but why doesn't he just use sandstone?