What would a beautiful garden be without the right decorative objects? We would therefore like to present two ideas on how you can make metal garden decorations yourself.
Colorful rose balls stuck between the plants, ceramic animals cavorting on stone slabs, or Buddha figures made of granite. These are decorative elements that optically spice up pretty much any garden. But almost everyone has that in their garden. So here's our suggestion: put some metal garden decorations in your garden.
This trend is currently on the rise, so be one of the first to have such objects in your garden. Your garden only gets an individual touch when you make such decorative objects yourself. What you need for this and 2 ideas for great garden decorations made of metal, we'll tell you here.
What do you need for this?
A plasma cutter, which is actually used by rescue services, is suitable for processing the metal. Due to its advantages over other cutting torches, however, it is also being used more and more in the hobby sector. But it's not exactly cheap.
With a hand-held plasma cutter, you can basically process different metals. It basically works like an inverted welder. This is because the plasma jet separates the metal instead of bringing it together with the heat.
Due to its high cutting speed, you can use a plasma cutter to cut precise and clean cuts and even curved lines. In addition, it can also be operated with one hand. There are no limits to your creative possibilities. You can use it to cut filigree patterns and motifs yourself in metal plates.
Make metal garden decoration yourself - 2 ideas presented
Idea No. 1 - Atmospheric lanterns
How about a metal lantern that conjures up atmospheric light in front of the front door in the coming winter? For this you need a sheet metal tube or four metal plates, into which you can cut various patterns with the help of the plasma cutter. Leaves, angels or fir trees are nice ideas for the pattern for autumn and winter. So your lantern could e.g.look:
And this is the best way to make your own lantern:
Step 1:
If you use a tin tube, you must first cut it to the required height. If you use metal plates, you should also cut them to size.
Step 2:
Then outline the chosen pattern with a white pen and then cut into the tube/metal plates.
Step 3:
If you use metal plates, then you have to weld them together afterwards. To give your lantern stability, you can also weld a small metal plate to the underside.
Equipped with a tea light or a candle, the lantern now conjures up interesting plays of light with its pattern.
Idea 2 - Metal Figures
You can also use the plasma cutter to make figures out of metal. For example, you can cut out a complete figure from a metal plate. For example, funny pumpkin heads for Halloween or Santa Claus heads can be created.
You can also cut out individual parts and then weld them together. This gives the figures three-dimensionality. This is a great technique, especially for angel figures.
Hint:
Weld a metal rod to the figure, then you can even stick it in the ground.
Conclusion:
A beautiful garden decoration can be made really easily and quickly from a wide variety of things. With these ideas, however, your garden will become a very individual piece of jewelry.