Show and Tell—From Your Table
Archive Furniture and Planters
Harbor Industries Inc.
" This was done to try out two color combinations so I needed to use about 8 square feet of Universe and 4 square feet of Bone. I decided to practice taller returns to learn for my countertops and came up with the design for a bench (48x18x18) that will end up in our courtyard when our remodel is complete. I am happy with the results and I'm glad I made test pieces as I learned a lot in doing so. The whole process was amazingly simple and I'll be starting on the bathroom counters in the next few days in the Bone on Bone along with a small window sill piece to match as our home currently has marble sills (1960 brick ranch). "
Doug Dysert
BR student Doug Dysert innovative planter design.
Brad Herrold
BR Artisan Brad Herrold of http://www.appalachianconcretedesigns.com has recently fabricated new countertops at Concrete Texturing and Tool Supply in Throop, Pennsylvania. He and owner Bart Sacco will be offering BR workshops later this year at Bart’s state-of-the-art castle-themed training and supply shop. We just got these shots in from last week’s installation. They are tone-on-tone universe color.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.