Saturday, November 1, 2008

Verticle Concrete Meets Faux Bricks and Decorative Finishing!


Detailed Stone Arch made from vertilce concrete and a mold from the origional stone work on the historic building on Liberty Walk in downtown Libertyville, IL. The Brick is also a cementicious product troweled over a stencil and faux painted.


A closer look!


faux painted brick.


Re-creation of "Liberty Walk" in downtown Libertyville, IL.





















Victorian Toy Store, Re-creation of a restaurant called "The Tavern" in Libertyville, IL.





A small door for the little ones.








The brick is a cementicious product troweled on and textured over a stencil, and faux painted. the grout is applied by hand using tinted Versiplast and a cake decorating bag and my index finger.










Re-creation of Caribou Coffee in Libertyville, IL., re-named here "Care-4-U-Coffee" for Adventure Avenue at the Chapel, Libertyville.










This Cementicious product was tinted with a Red concrete tint during mixing. No painting needed, just grout.























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