Cement Stickers - adhesive backed cement relief designs

How do you make something unique these days?

1) Google the topic and see what comes up:

Usually you can stop here, since most everything has been done before and the most obvious things that have preceded you in your efforts will show up by using the first few words that describe your item or creation.

2) Check out patents:

I don't know how to do this, but if you find some technical phrases that relate to your product, then a patent may already exist that deals with this technique or product.

Assuming you find nothing, then you may have a unique product or procedure. I have been playing with a bunch of different techniques under the general term, Photo Fresco, but I may have gotten closer to identifying a workable product that doesn't come up when I plug my phrases into the search engine.

Previously I mentioned the idea of Brickers, that is stickers that are like bricks, so you can put them on things and basically make a brick wall with stickers. The print was an actual brick-like material and it was a fun idea. Now I am expanding on this concept with a thin layer of cement and if this works, I am thinking that cement stickers are even better than brick stickers. I've succeeded in making epoxy stickers using a wide range of pigments, some of which can resemble cement, but I am going a step further with the idea of using cement in the molds instead of epoxy. My first test have been a success, however, the edges are not as smooth as with epoxy.

The benefits that come from a cement sticker are simply contained in the weather resistant characteristics of cement versus epoxy, resins and plasters. Ultimately the exterior surface protects the interior surface, so if the outside is strong and resistant to weathering, then the interior, i.e. an adhesive vinyl substrate can survive longer. My comparison is whether or not a well protected vinyl sticker is as good as a layer of paint or adhesive?

I have been testing glues and paints to try and see which items are the most compatible with cement, but the preparation dictates the ability of a paint or glue to work with cement and the dry times are restrictive for where these things could be used. A sticker can be used almost anywhere and I haven't found any cement stickers when I do my Google thing, so it looks good that Cement Stickers may be a unique thing.