I decided to make the "cookies" for the last 28 trees...I made the first 2 2" x 4" batches of "cookies" out of paper pulp, pva glue and Portland Cement...and I was on a roll -

And then I ran out of Paper Pulp...

So I asked myself what else I had in the house that I might be able to use right away - and I thought I would try Dryer Lint - which in our house also includes Dog Hair!

This was a much different consistency because the dog hair did not separate easily the way the paper pulp did...but I think it will work anyway. These are much different than the first batch of 13 - the are much thinner. I look forward to see if they will work and become hard rocks the way the others have!

They should cure a lot quicker because they are so much thinner...

I definitely used gloves when I made this clay - the Portland Cement would be very painful if it got on my skin because it is such a fine dust - and I would not have been able to do very much with bare hands. Usually I use my bare hands - but that is a draw back with this "clay" - I don't think it's possible.

Being that they are on Plastic Bin tops, I am hoping that the side down side will be smooth and easy to draw and paint on.

I am going to use Exterior Clear Sphar Varnish as a protective coat to keep the paint from chipping and fading in the freeze - thaw scenario they will be facing outside...

But I am hopeful because the this one survived Minnesota which also includes summer humidity and similar winters...

While the Cookies are curing, I went out the property and made a map of the trees and assigned them all names and numbers to the new ones.

I came home tonight and laid out the new ones in GIMP and designed the sigils for each one, so that I can just be ready when it's time to paint them -

I can just copy them from the computer. This should be in the next day or so...

I also have the other 28 I also have to make - but they are already designed.

#4 replaced the Oak that died

I may have miscounted - it was pretty difficult to map out and count all the trees and keep track of them...I made this map but I am still not sure - I am just going to make all the sigil cookies and then go out there and see if it all works out... I also have had to add the year they were planted to each Sigil Cookie, to keep track of them better.

I think my husband is going to plant even more this year - of the Vine Bushes... There is one of them out there now - #26.

Previous Posts

Part 7b: @in2itiveart/sigils-for-the-trees-project-2024-part-7b-making-the-cement-and-previous-sigils
Part 7a: @in2itiveart/sigils-for-the-trees-part-7-2024-creating-permanent-outdoor-sigils-that-will-last
Part 6: @in2itiveart/prayer-sigils-for-trees-part-6
Part 5 @in2itiveart/prayer-sigils-for-trees-part-5
Part 4 @in2itiveart/prayer-sigils-for-trees-painting-part-4
Part 3 @in2itiveart/prayer-sigils-for-trees-part-3
Part 2 @in2itiveart/prayer-sigils-for-trees-part-2-tree-names-as-sigils
Part 1 @in2itiveart/prayer-sigils-for-trees-part-1