Concrete Counter Tops
TechFab/C-Grid Contest Inspires Concrete Craftsmen — A multilayered bathroom sink cleaned up at the first annual TechFab/C-GRID Decor Concrete Design Competition.
, took first prize in the contest, held in April and sponsored by TechFab LLC.
Dahl’s winning sink top has three concentric oval layers that, when seen from the top, suggest an egg sliced in half. The primary surface is gray exposed aggregate, while a lower level and most of a back ledge are colored and textured to resemble greenish jade slate. Embedded flecks of stainless steel and hand-blown funnels of glass give the piece a bit of flash.
The concentric ovals are a motif that appeals to Dahl. “I’m just really big into the ovals and symmetry,” he says.
Second place went to Mark Lesnick of Mark Concrete, based in Moss Landing, Calif., for work he performed at a home in Carmel, Calif. The project consisted of dark sage green kitchen countertops and two Craftsman-style fireplaces, one dark green and one with a variegated gray finish.
John Cox of Cox Decorative Concrete, a Clifton, Ill., company, came in third with an apricot-colored bathroom sink top that features a curved outer edge and tapered basin lip. The edge and basin lip were finished without a slurry mix, giving them a rougher look than the countertop. A commemorative NRA coin and a piece of polished stone accent two corners of the piece.
The winners were selected by a team of three judges: Bent Mikkelsen, publisher of Concrete Decor magazine; Michael Smith, founding partner of Equus Design Group; and Lauriel Leonard, Allied ASID, Dex Studios.
TechFab sponsored the design competition to showcase the best and brightest the decorative concrete industry has to offer. Contestants were told to create an original concrete countertop, vanity, tabletop or architectural décor product for a residential or commercial application using TechFab C-GRID materials. C-GRID is a high-strength carbon grid that controls cracks but is stronger and lighter than steel. |
