exotic contemporary art

Collection: Polished Concrete Art

Fossicking for treasures – the goldfish technique

Polished concrete art was an all encompassing addiction for a few years. It sunk its teeth in and shook and tossed me around, leaving me helplessly and hopelessly in love. I had never experienced anything quite as magical, adventurous and mysterious as polished concrete. Fragile, yet rugged, unforgiving yet flexible, it exudes a silky elegance that reflects light in the most extraordinary way. It is irresistible to the touch and gorgeous treasures lie embedded in its surface. Shimmering mother of pearl, dichroic glass, coloured pebbles and ceramic shards playfully frolic across its surface.

The million dollar question of course, is why and how did it all start? If someone had suggested I would be discovering chunks of coloured concrete in my washing machine or loitering around aquariums and pet shops looking for exotic aggregates a ten of years before, I would have accused them of being as mad as myself. But I hadn’t met concrete back then.

It started simply enough. I began working full-time for a company that specialised in coloured concrete pigments amongst many other related products. As my mind is want to do, it started wondering what would happen if… then it grew into how… then evolved into why not?… and that was when the adrenaline kicked in. Six months of experimentation and the development of a malleable, clay like mixture with the company’s R & D team was just long enough to get me completely hooked.

I am normally an impatient person, in a constant flurry of activity, jumping from one idea to the next, and concrete forced me to take a deep breath and learn to wait. A seven day curing period meant that, by the time I hooked up my wet grinder, strapped on my gloves and started stripping back the surface of each piece, I had completely forgotten which particular treasures lay hidden below the rough surface. Like an archeologist on a prehistoric dig, I made discovery after discovery. With a memory like a gold fish, I received a buzz as each layer was stripped back. Coloured glass and swirling colours lurked below a homogenous mess of solidified concrete – all waiting for me to unearth them!

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  • Visual Dissonance
    Original polished coloured concrete art
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    coloured concrete painting of basilisk
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    Polished concrete and aluminium nude
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    polished concrete sculpture
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    Polished concrete art
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    polished concrete and mirror art
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  • Chang-e
    Glow in the dark polished concrete painting
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    Polished concrete painting
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