If you apply vertical concrete, carve concrete walls or create cast pieces, sooner or later you may have to face a painful truth: Traditional metal lath can be troublesome.
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Concrete Contractor Finds True Passion in Decorative Concrete
This industry veteran doesn’t much care for the label of "artisan." Just call him a good concrete contractor with an eye for color.
A Concrete Stupa, A Blessed Build
A stupa is one of the most venerable icons in Buddhism. It’s a structure steeped in symbolism, and building or maintaining one is said to bring a person close to enlightenment.
Making Unique Art Out of Leftover Concrete
Benjamin Bobinac, a Phoenix, Ariz., foreman who has worked at Fisher Shotcrete Inc. for a dozen years, is one of those guys who messes around at the end of a job, shaping little statues – mostly heads, in his case – out of the leftover concrete.
Washington Restaurant Gets Decorative Concrete Overhaul
A job that began with a mere 80 square feet of overlay snowballed into a decorative concrete transformation — complete with faux hollow tree — for this restaurant and bar.
Concrete Designs by Marvin and Lilli Ann Rosenberg
Lilli Ann Rosenberg discovered concrete more or less by accident, when a concrete truck dumped a pile of wet cement in a vacant lot across the street from the Henry Street Settlement in New York City, where she taught art to children.
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