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Yes That is very exciting....and I completely understand how projects start out with one thing and the then evolve to the whole environment. Good work! and post all the finish pics.
Hey Wei, can you post a current photo of this project?
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- Have you purchased and are a member of the Vertical Artisans Subscription Site?
- Yes
- What arena are you in?
- Hand Carved Vertical, Faux Finishing, Fine Plasters, Molding, Sculpting
- What are you doing to succeed in a slow market?
- What I have always done. Continued to deliver the best product to my clients and create it in excellence. Referrals are king.
- Do you want more information on various types of training?
- Yes
- How did you hear about this forum?
- I started it :)
- What states are you willing to work in?
- IL, Chicago land mostly. Special jobs though out the country on a job by job basis.
- What is your company website?
- http://www.CreativeRockForming.com
- Are there any areas that you specialize in?
- Vertical Hand Carved Concrete, Stone Facing or Wall Cladding.
- Are there special products or favorites that you like to use, If so what are they?
- At this time I've been working a lot with Elements form Butterfield Color. There nano pigmentation is great and easy to work with. I also like the Wedge Tool :) Who ever invented that tool is pure genius.
I also like VertiFaux from www.Speeco.com
- Are you interrested in a quote or a product? Here is how I can be reached.
- www.CreativeRockForming.com
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708.233.9394
Enjoy some Joe!
There are many things that you can accomplish with stone facing. A traversing rock wall for children in a middle school is just one of them. After this project was completed the school had the "holds" mounted to the wall and foam pads placed on the ground at the base of this wall. The children could climb up around 1 - 3 feet and traverse the wall and its various obstacles.
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Many people ask me “How did you get into this? How did it all start?”
This is a short auto biography of how Vertical Artisans came into existence.
It has been more than a ten year journey that has impacted my life physically, mentally and spiritually. I hope you enjoy reading it as it has been a delight for me to reflect and write it.
The year was 1982. Custom 77 auto re-builders was the name of the business and the job was sweeping up the place. I was so excited to be… Continue
Many people ask me “How did you get into this? How did it all start?”
This is a short auto biography of how Vertical Artisans came into existence.
It has been more than a ten year journey that has impacted my life physically, mentally and spiritually. I hope you enjoy reading it as it has been a delight for me to reflect and write it.
The year was 1982. Custom 77 auto re-builders was the name of the business and the job was sweeping up the place. I was so excited to be… Continue
Posted on August 27, 2009 at 9:00pm — 4 Comments
Leaving for the WOC Event
I will be out of the Office from Feb 1st til Feb 7th and attending the WOC Event in Las Vegas.
I will have my lap top on me and will try to stay in touch....I will post many things when I get back....
Hope all is well and hope to see many of you there..
God Bless,
Nathan Giffin
I will have my lap top on me and will try to stay in touch....I will post many things when I get back....
Hope all is well and hope to see many of you there..
God Bless,
Nathan Giffin
Posted on January 31, 2009 at 11:49pm —
World of Concrete 2008 --- Nathan Giffin Guest Speaker Feb. 2nd Las Vegas
Yes, I am very excited about this event. This year was excellent. Richard Winget and I had a ball working the crowd. I have to give a Special Shout Out to Ed Skwarek for allowing me to use his shop to fabricate the exhibit.
The class will be a 3 hour seminar entitled Vertical Decorative Concrete - Passing Fad or Untapped Market.
You can guess what I believe. I w… Continue
The class will be a 3 hour seminar entitled Vertical Decorative Concrete - Passing Fad or Untapped Market.
You can guess what I believe. I w… Continue
Posted on October 8, 2008 at 9:30am — 2 Comments
Comment Wall (33 comments)
- At 4:32am on December 5, 2009,
wei zhang said…
- For this house, we do the pattern with reference to the roman slate
- At 4:30am on December 5, 2009,
wei zhang said…
- this project is located in another province, not at Beijing. When I have time, I will go there and take photos. thanks
- At 10:15pm on December 4, 2009,
Richard L. Winget said…
- Hey Nathan
I will have to wait until Monday to put up my trailer, I noticed a few thing that were not right. I also inadvertently attached one of my unfinished chapters to it! Woops So I will get it up Monday! Hee Hee I know that sounds wrong!
- At 9:08pm on December 02, 2009, Richard L. Winget gave VerticalArtisans.com a gift…
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- At 11:39am on October 13, 2009,
Bobby Leatherwood said… - Thanks Nathan. Yes gravity is a problem. We have been doing some vertical but most of it is along the limestone stamped look in showers and walls. Haven't had much success with getting vertical hand carved work yet. I believe it is coming.
- At 11:14am on October 12, 2009,
Randy Murray said… - Oh one other exciting ( at least to me) thing, I have been making carved concrete containers for several years now. I started doing them in college. Recently I came up with a way to lay them up, carve and color them in about 20 minutes. My guys call them the Basalt bowls. I hope to have some on the forum in the next week or so
- At 11:10am on October 12, 2009,
Randy Murray said…
- Thanks Nathan,
I was just checking my email for the clients new phone number and saw your comments. I know I should have internal confluence of confidence and happiness in my own work and not need the praises of other to validate my work. However it is great when I get Kudos from people especially those who know and do this type of art. It just makes you warm and fuzzy all over. I
have to leave in a few minutes to meet with the client and go over his invoice. There was a lot of extras in this one.
I was also training two new guys and you should have seen one them freaking out as I was dashing my stippling on. You could see his face just falling as I was doing it. Jake said "Are you sure your not covering up what we just did" I said " your going to have to just trust me Jake and would you step back your making me nervous" After we were done he said " Man it worked, I thought for sure it was going to cover it up, I thought we were done before you even did the stippling, that just made it POP!!"
Thanks again for the comments and the forum. I need to do more encouraging also.
- At 12:54am on August 29, 2009,
David D Driggs said… - Nathan, do you have any hands on training on the slate for Chicago any time soon?
- At 2:30am on July 22, 2009,
Jody Smith said… - Awesome I'm on it Thanks Nathan. My wife loved the latest project pictures she loved the colors and design layout.
- At 6:38pm on July 20, 2009,
Jody Smith said…
- Ok Nathan I watched the 3D Lichens video on demand and all I have to say is that raises the bar in detail. It was well worth the small fee to have a hint of the concept much less get all of the concept awesome work to you and Mike and thanks for sharing the knowledge. I can't wait to get rolling on something so I can try it out, I just saw some Lichens up close on the parkway recently and Mike nailed the illusion of them, Flawless!
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