Don’t miss watching concrete professionals at work as they exhibit their skills and techniques at the World of Concrete’s 2014 Artistry in Decorative Concrete Demonstrations in Las Vegas. The demos will take place in the Concrete Surfaces Decorative Pavilion (Silver Lot) Jan. 21-24. Attendees can vote for their favorites at the event. As of press time, the list of participants include:
Rich Capachione
New England Hardscapes Inc., Acton, Mass.
Capachione intends to produce a unique artistic design that uses different levels of polishing, sanding, and staining.
Shawn Cislo
DL Design, Lackawanna, N.Y.
Cislo’s project will demonstrate dynamic 3D effects created using a pigmented epoxy resin flooring system.
Adrian Gascon
Legacy Pool and Spa, Ventura County, Calif.
Sponsored by Whitecap
Returning 2013 Artistry winner Gascon will use GFRC and lightweight concrete to create a sculpture complete with functioning waterfall and flying eagle.
Chad Gill
Concreate, Midlothian, Va.
Gill plans to demonstrate several ways of incorporating logo designs into a concrete floor, including a terrazzo style with multicolor infill, a shotblast relief example, and a polished epoxy resin design.
Julio Hallack
Concrete by Hallack, Turlock, Calif.
Sponsored by L.M. Scofield
Hallack will produce a slab divided into four quadrants, each with a different pattern of sawcuts depicting a portion of a labyrinth, a mandala, and other designs.
Neil Roach
Creative Construction by Design, Danville, Ill.
Roach will create a project that incorporates an exposed-aggregate retaining wall, a patio with a stamped concrete border and pervious concrete center, and a functioning water/fire feature.
Ed Swarek
Artistry in 3D, Las Vegas
Swarek, whose Buddha figure was a feature of last year’s winning project, will create a monumental replica of Rio de Janeiro’s famous Christ the Redeemer statue.
Del Turley
LuxeCrete LLC, St. George, Utah
Turley will use various staining and texturing techniques to create colorful concrete furniture and a seamless terrazzo-like residential floor.
Troy Vancil
Boulder Polishing, Salina, Kan.
A 2013 Concrete Surfaces Polished Concrete Award winner, Vancil will use various etching and polishing techniques to produce a cubic representation of the World of Concrete logo, in honor of WOC’s 40th anniversary.
Steve VandeWater
The Concrete Store, Fishers, Ind.
Sponsored by Sagamore Ready Mix
CS’s Decorative Concrete columnist is planning to create a tableau of carved and sculpted concrete rising from a unique textured floor.
