Stoneman Concrete, a new company based in the south of France, serves as an overseas home for Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products, training artisans from throughout Europe. Stoneman will provide concrete interior design for local homeowners and host workshops on Buddy Rhodes’ methods and products. The first Stoneman Concrete workshop in February 2010 was taught by popular GFRC artist Brandon Gore and covered spray techniques and sink forming. Stoneman owner Pierre Freau led a class in July, which included students from France, Germany and Cyprus. Stoneman Concrete is set up to ship anywhere in continental Europe and across the Mediterranean. Their first big order went out in July 2010 to Cyprus. Freau named the company after the street in San Francisco where he and his wife and twin boys live when stateside. After apprenticing in France with a thirdgeneration mason in the art of regional stonework while restoring his own 18thcentury stone barn, Freau returned to San Francisco to immerse himself in concrete finishing, training for more than a year at Buddy Rhodes Studio. Freau brought a full ship-container of Buddy Rhodes materials and molds with him when he moved his young family back to the barn in France to open his distributorship, showroom and training center. ? www.buddyrhodes.com ? www.stonemanconcrete.com
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