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Concrete Counter Top
Counter top intensive offers valuable training. A two-part series covering forms, mixes, tools and finishes.
by Rosemary Camozzi
were the name of the game at a recent workshop sponsored by the Institute for American Craftsmanship in Eugene, Oregon.
Taught by Beto Esquivel, a master craftsman from Buddy Rhodes Studio, the two-day workshop offered its participants valuable experience in making precast and cast-in-place countertops, decorative concrete tiles and even concrete stools.
“This class has been really informative,” said Joe Geise, a contractor from Roseburg, Oregon. “It opens windows for us, because we get to see all the tricks Buddy’s learned over 25 years that make him good.”
Attendees got hands-on experience in every step of the process, from creating forms to blending the thick, integrally colored mix, pushing it into place by hand, reinforcing, troweling for a smooth finish, and sealing with a penetrating sealer and beeswax.
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