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blue tier suikinkutsu
11 November, 2005
The second day was spent surrounding the pot with rocks of varying sizes and pouring a layer of concrete over the top to protect the air space needed for resonance.
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 Hide passing rocks to person laying them below, with Kumi looking on. |
 Beris and Kumi trying their hand at laying the rocks. |
 Kaye putting on the finishing touches with smaller pebbles. |
 Ben, Beris and Kumi sorting out the tiles for the mosaic spiral which will decorate the top. |
 Supporting wall on the lower side of construction. |
 Rob putting his considerable rock building experience to good use. |
 The stone wall is build to surround and rise above the inverted pot. |
 A layer of concrete is laid over the pebbles to prevent ingress of soil between the air spaces. |
