Show and Tell—From Your Table

Brad Herrold

Brad Herrold of Appalachian Concrete Designs  in Pennsylvania sent us this photo of an integral drain board counter in  moss finish, using the vibrated method with BR Mix. The home owner wanted to update the kitchen without major structural changes  so the old cabinets were raised and became flush with the window sill.  This accounts for the rolled back edge behind the sink - a creative solution to the problem of no room for a backsplash.

Miroslav Horak

First project in process: this is a hard-trowel countertop during installation on site, sent by first-timer Miroslav Horak in California. He used bone color BR Mix, right out of the bag, with no additional color added.
Miroslav’s next project will integrate ramp sinks and he e-mailed Buddy some shots with a few questions. You can ask Buddy your question too at buddy@buddyrhodes.com.

Redwood Concrete Studio team

Trained in BR methods and materials, the Redwood Concrete Studio team made these furniture pieces for their new Delaware showroom. The desk features a top in Earth color, and interlocking legs in Universe. The conference table legs are also in Universe, with salvaged I-beams and a BR Coal color table top. Redwood’s artisans are Ray Davis, Brandon Wood, and Daniel Lee; their website is www.redwoodconcretestudio.com.

Brad Herrold
Appalachian Concrete Designs

This is a 50" long integral vanity sink using BR concrete and the pressed method with tone on tone Universe color. The side tables are also done the same way. What you can't see in this picture is the other half of the bath which is a huge steam shower with 4 shelves, a bench top and a threshold all to match the vanity.

Pat Pape

Pat Pape of Two Brothers Concrete Supply  in Pocatello, Idaho, answered "What's on your table"  with  recent pics taken in their shop. Here is a pressed large table top, as well as a  double vanity deftly balanced on two wheelbarrows. Pat attended our class in January  with staffer Bobby Simms.

Kevin McGovern and John York

This vanity top was made by Kevin McGovern and John York at Mirage Studios LTD in New York. Fabricated for a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Westchester, the vanity is custom colored, using an integral sink mold. Literally answering Buddy's question, "What's on your table?" John sent this image from the shop. You can see the installed countertop in their portfolio at www.miragestudiosltd.com

Jameson R. Anderson

Jameson R. Anderson sent pictures of the first-time work he did in his own Utah house: 3 vanities and a kitchen with Buddy’s products.  He used the pressed technique with coal liquid color, wine, chocolate and sand as  infill colors.  He built his own  mold for the  kitchen sink at 26” long x 15” wide and 10” deep. Here is his vanity,  kitchen island and kitchen sink.
Anderson writes, “My wife is extremely happy with the way everything turned out and I’m positive about it as well… however I am a perfectionist and want to make sure that my future projects turn out even better.” We think Anderson should be as happy as his wife with his work!

Michele Rundgren

BR student Michele Rundgren, a veteran of Buddy’s comprehensive and advanced workshops, designed and fabricated this tub with with Buddy and Joshua’s  assistance. It was crated up and sent to Michelle and Todd Rundgren's new home in Kuaui, which they designed and recently completed. We hope to have on-site pictures of it, overlooking the Pacific , very soon. Note that the outside of the tub shows the pressed finish, and the inside (the “top” of the casting)  was smoothed to a fine ground and polished finish. Copies of this fiberglass mold are available for sale among the Buddy Rhodes Mold Line options.

Jack Kuehn
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Jack Kuehn of Montana made this trapezoidal integrated vanity with his own ink mold. The backsplash tiles are a collaboration with his partner Cris, who carved her designs in his concrete tiles, after which he back filled them with Earth color. Jack's e-mail is jack.kuehn@gmail.com.

Chris Vogel

Chris Vogel, owner and operator of Vogel Construction Ltd. in Regina, Saskatchewan, took Buddy's workshop on the weekend of March 19, 2005. He reports that his local market is now showing much more interest in artisan concrete so his company will now be producing decorative concrete using Buddy's products and techniques. Here is a dining room table and lounge table that he made in the summer of '05. The table was done with universe as the base and coal for the press color. The inside of the table legs was smooth trowel finish.

Arrot Donaldson
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This pressed double vanity and kitchen countertop were fabricated by Arrot Donaldson of Hampstead, Maryland.
Arrot attended a class at Sealant Depot in New Jersey, and these photos were taken even before he attended Buddy's advanced class in San Francisco.

Rodger Marsh

Rodger Marsh took Beto's class at Evergreen Building Products in Kirkland, Washington. His company is Innovative Designs LLC. The black kitchen is a vibrated finish with additives with 4 coats of black dye. The bathroom shown is a ramp sink, in a bone pressed finish. With his website soon to go online, Rodger is having a great response to his countertops and comes out of years of experience in the decorative concrete world. Contact him at
innovative_designs@netzero.net

Gerry and Nick—It's Concrete

Gerry Lopez works with Buddy Rhodes Artisan Nick Relampagos of Its Concrete in Hayward, CA. Gerry crafted this pressed finish fireplace using Buddy's Smoke color with a darker Smoke infill. The sides are curved as well as the front.

Gerry and Nick—It's Concrete

Here's a recently completed kitchen remodel with BR pressed finish in Universe with universe infill.

Gerry and Nick—It's Concrete

This is Nick's response to Buddy's query, "What’s on your Table?"
Nick's Moss pressed sink with Moss infill is a sneak preview of a bathroom vanity he's working on.

Dennis Dudley

Garden pieces by Dennis Dudley of Orcas Island, Washington. Dennis was a student in the San Francisco Class and used the pressed method and, for the sphere planter, a 31" sphere planter mold to fabricate these pieces. Dennis sells his work in a landscape shop on the Island.