Well my Concrete Friends, the end is soon upon us!! No, I don’t mean the whole 2012 thing! When I started this journey 2 ½ years ago, I said it was only going to last
so long……and I have decided that this year will be the last of the rat
race!! I said in the beginning that the
training thing was only going to be for traveling purposes…make enough money to
see the US and hang out with cool concrete artists. And, it was the opportunity to give back to
an industry that has given me so much.
But, in 6 more months, it will be 3 years of helping others create, and
not getting to let some of these hovering ideas in my head out. It’s come time that I do a little more
creating…otherwise I will go crazier than I already am!!
So, I will be launching the last of my classes this
year. I have 8 that will be launched
soon and several more that will be put in.
These will be great classes because we have great sponsors this year
that are donating products for us to play with…….and STILL no sales
pitch!! These products are there for us
to play with, they are not proprietary to the training. Things like stains, stencils, aggregates,
dyes, sealers, tools, AR glass, polymer, Portland and free copies of Concrete
Décor Magazine. Basically bonus’s for
the class!! They will also be great
because I go overboard with what I teach and the amount of information that I
give you in the class. Ask anyone! From the beginning I have done this because I
love it, I love to share and I can afford to offer it less expensive than everyone
else. Still can and still will!!
So, is this a sales pitch? “Take my class, ‘cause it’s the last
ones!”…..yup! But….it’s true!! If you want training from me, get it now, ‘cause
next year will be different. My intent
is to do very limited amounts of extended stays with selected artisans. We will be doing whatever the hell we want
to, ‘cause all I need to do is have a place to park, have good people to hang
with, be able to make concrete and a couple bucks. That said…..why the hell am I working so hard
to do all these classes? Well, for this
year I have responsibilities to my sponsors through the end of the year and I
will make it worth their time. I have
many people here on the East Coast that have been waiting 2 ½ years for me to
get here, so I am gonna give them their money’s worth!! And, the more money I can make in the next
few months, means the more art I can make next year!!!
So, I could go on and on and on as all of you know, and I
will, but I will do it in my blog. In a
nut shell, I am gonna blow out this year and go on to other things next
year! I will still travel the rest of
the US (so yes, I will be coming to the Midwest, but plan on me staying a while
at your shops) until I hit all 48 continental….which will happen next
year. After that……backpack Europe or go
join Josh Lilly on the eco farm!! (think
I’m kidding?) Or something, I don’t know.
And I don’t need to right now, that’s the cool thing!!
Well, there it is.
Feel free to comment, though this post is more just to let you all know
it’s gonna change.
Anyone wanting training? Get it now!
Anyone in the Midwest that wants me to come hang out for a few months,
has a place for the RV, wants to make some bad ass concrete and can spare a few
bucks, let me know. I have a few of you
on the list already!!
See ya on the road!
I will be posting more here on my blog very soon and will use this more as the update place. Check back soon!!
