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by Wizard of Eutopia | January 1, 2026 · 5:34 pm

Updates on my Youtube @wizardworkshops

So, at my age lots falls by the wayside. I find show and tell on youtube is my favourite medium by far – and I actually do it! So, have a look, subscribe and see what I’ve been building at Dreamspace – most recently I tested a foolproof way to make aircrete, ideal for an insulation layer inside a ferro hobbithaven… I was given the frame of a large dove, witch you can see at the end of the drive… the poles I have anchored at the front are to support an arch which is to support the dove as a portal archway… The hobbithaven itself is nearly ready to do thew chickenwire layers then be plastered. Then the floor and insulation aircrete on the inside… smple!

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by Wizard of Eutopia | April 24, 2015 · 12:01 pm

A Bilbo Bench in the sun

All hobbit dwellings must have ample outdoor seating to catch the sun while smoking a pipe (health warning for humans of course!) or enjoying second breakfasts, elevenses and so forth.

I finally got round to turning the earthy bank on the sunny side of my non-hobbit haven into a nice bench, complete with tree roots and an embedded stone from the ancient hill of Baldrock here in Kaiwaka – the previous owner of our house in Kaiwaka was the local quarryman and blasted half the back side of the landmark into nice light-coloured, hard road chips for the Newmarket overpass among other things, before he was stopped by conservationists or just plain concerned locals… It’s now a reserve I believe.

Anyway, here are some photos. I can make such features around any hobbit haven of course, happily! It’s simple enough to do, just takes patience and a caring eye – look to real trees and you can’t go wrong… I do try to post details and hints for ferro construction in http://www.fantasticferrocement.com for those who want to go DIY. And there’s always the ebook Fantastic Ferrocement.

Still a bit of a building site as you see, and the staining with iron salts not complete yet. But the doglets don’t mind, and neither do I, when there’s sunshine and coffee and Vogel’s toast with honey..