Concreation

Poet Leonard Cohen once said... "a saint is like a runaway ski, caressing the hill." Concreation president and concretist associate, Mark Doyle, is my spiritual mentor and can best be described as a runaway ski! He is the inspiration for Steve Crocker and my upcoming book: the concretist - Zen and the Art of Sensory Concrete. He is also the inventor of Reconstructed Stone, a wonderfully rich color hardener composed of exotic aggregates. He makes it his business to motorcycle, climb and comb the mountains of S.W. Tejas, Colorado and Nevada, in search of high adventure and new sources of crushed granites and marbles. When you hear those warm dulcet tones, spoken in Texan, you can know you hear the truth! 

::: www.concreation.com

Colormaker

Owned by associate and mad genius Gary Jones, Colormaker is our primary source of colors. Gary's Pentimento and Sgraffino lines are the only skims (overlays), we've seen, that actually work.  Gary, on what we all do: "Work should be viewed as exploration, rather than accomplishment, and discovery, rather than achievement… Then, anything is possible!” 

::: www.colormakerfloors.com

the concretist

Mike, Kelley + ASSOCIATES.  In addition to our sensory concrete work, we also provide consultations and technical support on behalf of Concreation and Colormaker.

::: www.theconcretist.com

Bay Area Concretes

For as long as I can remember, Bay Area Concretes has been producing the most innovative decorative and architectural concrete around.  Our relationship began with Gary Price while I was with L.M. Scofield in the 80’s, and now continues with his handsome, creative and ebullient son, Mike.  And Mike has two ultra-experienced partners: Shawn “placed half of Disneyland’s decorative site concrete” Devine –AND- Jonathan Vasquez (innovator of the hybrid site concrete / decorative concrete construction model).  These guys are also distributors of Aggretex exotic aggregate products and are Concreation’s and Colormaker’s Western U.S. distributor.

::: www.bayareaconcretes.com

As The Visual Concrete Group, Concreation, Colormaker, the concretist and Bay Area Concretes have formed a unique alliance.  We co-market, support, consult and often joint-venture with each other on installations.