Show and Tell—From Your Table
Bath Archive
Nick Relampagos
Nick Relampagos showcased his "Igami Sink" in the BR booth at the CCI Conference in Sacramento. "I wanted to design a sink that used the pour and vibrate method, had clean and simple lines, was functional and above all, it had to be a design that was different from other integral sinks." The piece is in 3 pieces: a base with a hidden drain, a curved bowl that recesses into the base, and a backsplash that houses the wall-mount faucet. The color of the base and back splash is chocolate with additional black pigment and a Universe bowl. BR student Hannah Whitehouse helped with the fabrication.
Nick Relampagos
Project Name: Berkeley Bath
This is a BR vibrated finish in Universe color. The side wall and bench were cast at the same time. The sink slopes to the left and drains under a teak tray that I made.
Mark Cheung
Mark Cheung of www.Artezens.com designed and pre-cast this “Landscape” custom bathroom vanity with an integral BR oval sink mold. He fabricated the 2” metal base with a ferris oxide patina, and added an Artezens signature plasma cut metal backsplash.
Kevin Till
Kevin
Till
of
Signature
Concrete
of Fort
Wayne,
Indiana,
sent
this
photo
of
his
2nd
project
with
BR
materials.
The
inlaid
stones
are
from
the
children
of
the
homeowner,
collected
on
family
vacations
over
several
years. “Neat
way
to
keep
the
memories,” writes
Kevin.
Blair Sisson
Here's what's on Blair Sisson's table, in Desoto, Missouri. He used 26 bags in the making. This project is 12 square feet of an 83 square foot job: pressed tone-on-tone using bone color with an integral kitchen sink. Wow!
Mark Hordyk
Mark Hordyk from Mission Viejo CA is new to concrete countertop fabrication, although he and his his family are in the masonry business. After meeting us at the World of Concrete ‘08, he bought Buddy’s DVDs and books and this is his first project! The vanity top is in his own home, pressed with bone (no color added) and bone infill. He’s now on his way to becoming a Buddy Rhodes Artisan.
Stephen Pasco
Stephen Pasco has entered other photos from his project; this is his latest addition. This countertop is concrete and the tile was stained (light red) to match the red marble bowl and countertop.
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.
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
Jack Kuehn
website
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.
Arrot Donaldson
website
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.
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.
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Dodie Shoemaker
Dodie Shoemaker of Oakland came to a class in San Francisco and set to work on her own home. In the powder room she designed the sink and mold to fit into a narrow space. She used Wine color and the pressed method with a sand paste fill. The base is made from the 2x8’s of the original house. For the master bath, she designed a mahogany base cabinet with two sinks with one center drain, using a sand pressed technique with a sky blue paste. Now Dodie plans to apply her concrete skills to a small business focusing on bathroom design.
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Stephen Pasco
Stephen Pasco took a Buddy Rhodes 2 day, concrete countertop class about 2 years ago in Murrieta, CA just to learn more about the process. After making these pieces for his own home, his friends and family all want counter tops,furniture and outdoor kitchens now. He says he may soon have to quit his day job as a software engineer at Disney to keep up with the demand! We think his work looks like the pros.