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I think, even little...
I think, even little graphics on concrete surface can make a big difference.
I especially like this one:
http://graphicconcrete.com/ref-p01.html

one more think, I'm quite...
one more think, I'm quite amazed by is concrete what hides a decoration, which reveals after watering. This one is called solid poetry and i found it of Frederik Molenschot webpage.

Cool!
I really like that!

you should check the...
you should check the university of Manitoba link I posted and go through the casting of beams, trusses, vaults etc using slung sheets of fabric, its stunning, some Neimeyer and Gaudi like work produced using the natural funicular (?) forms that the fabric takes. They also take standard form ply, cut holes in it, place fabric on the inside surface and create these 'bulge' walls.
I have some left over aggregate and cement from the shed building and can't wait to play with it, I'll be tearing up bed sheets next weeknd, who needs 'em ? 🙂 I wonder too if you could use the approach in the slip csting of ceramic for furniture?
Have you (Olive) used fibreglass reinforcing in any of the casting work you've done?

Dear Heath..
On your technical question, if this can be done with slipcasting of ceramics...yes of course. I have used pebbles, folded paper, crunched plastic foil, it all works very nicely! You just have to find a good reason to do it.

I was thinking something...
I was thinking something like the Saarinen side table could be produced in a monobloc, easy enough with glass reinforced concrete but can ceramic be reinforced in any way?

No, but they did use it in our countertops and tub
back in our old house. The closest I've come to reinforcement was a crumpled ball of chicken wire inside a concrete globe I made as yard art.
Check out the guys that did our work and read some of their 'about concrete' stuff.
http://www.stonesoupconcrete.com

cheers, much appreciated, goo...
cheers, much appreciated, good to see a company that has fun with what they do.
Be good to see some garden furniture with thinner shells and compound curves be made, I'm sure the molds wouldn't have to be quite as accurate (hence as expensive) as those for molded plywood and plastics.