Important Announcement

The Buddy Rhodes website will be unavailable on Friday, February 10, from 3:00 a.m. - 3:30 a.m. EST (12:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. PST)

Holiday Notice - Christmas

Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products will be closed Monday, December 26th in observance of Christmas. Resuming normal operations on Monday, December 27th.

Holiday Notice - New Year's

Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products will be closed Monday, January 2nd in observance of New Year's Day. Resuming normal operations Tuesday, January 3rd.

Holiday Notice - President's Day

Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products will be closed Monday, February 20th in observance of President's Day. Resuming normal operations on Tuesday, February 23rd.

Holiday Notice - Easter

Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products will be closed Friday, April 7th in observance of Easter Weekend. Resuming normal operations on Monday, April 10th.

Holiday Notice - Memorial Day

Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products will be closed Monday, May 29th in observance of Memorial Day. Resuming normal operations on Tuesday, May 30th.

Holiday Notice - Independence Day

Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products will be closed Monday, July 3rd and Tuesday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. Resuming normal operations on Wednesday, July 5th.

Holiday Notice - Labor Day

Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products will be closed Monday, September 4th in observance of Labor Day. Resuming normal operations on Tuesday, September 5th.

Holiday Notice - Thanksgiving

Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products will be closed Thursday & Friday, November 23rd - 24th in observance of Thanksgiving. Resuming normal operations on Monday, November 27th.

Holiday Notice - Christmas

Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products will be closed Monday, December 25th in observance of Christmas. Resuming normal operations on Tuesday, December 26th.

Holiday Notice - New Year's

Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products will be closed Monday, January 1nd in observance of New Year's Day. Resuming normal operations Tuesday, January 2nd.

The Buddy Rhodes Story

 

The History of Buddy's Mix

As a young man, Buddy Rhodes was consumed by clay. It was all he could think about, night and day. More important than the material itself, Buddy was compelled by the creative process. Eventually that creative process pushed his desire beyond the capacity of the material he was creating with. His ideas were too big for a kiln.

Rather than let this limit his ability to create, Buddy struck out to find something different to quench his desire as a maker. Buddy was after a material that would behave like clay, but that could develop strength and durability without the need of a kiln. Buddy was after a self-hardening clay.

Buddy found his solution in concrete, but not concrete in the way the world had come to know, as a workhorse in the development of modern civilization— cold and utilitarian. Buddy was investigating the material through his own lens, as a moldable and infinite material, and from that process, a whole new material came to life. Buddy created a material that behaved like both clay and concrete, and from that moment an evolution began.

Buddy sought to create and to share with other makers who wished to do the same. Over the decades of this collaboration, a whole new language has been born. A language in the tradition of the craftsman movement, and a set of materials that would allow the maker community to create their vision.