Brutally Modern is my nod to Brutalist architecture. After taking on the challenge of remodeling our current home, a 70s-era native sandstone facade ranch, I became literally obsessed with the look and feel of concrete as an interior design feature. My wife and I were determined to transition the house into the modern age and one endlessly creative, if not challenging way of accomplishing that goal was for me to learn the craft of concrete furniture fabrication. Apparently I wasn't alone. After dabbling in some furniture pieces for our front entry way and haphazard succulent and cactus collection, I decided I needed to get serious and seek out some instruction from the pros. What I found was a global community of brilliant makers already pushing the design envelope into the stratosphere. What I felt was huge inspiration and compulsion to join in the mix as it were.  I looked for the biggest dog on the block and found Brandon Gore of Hardgoodsco offering up his sublime genius in the form of instructional workshop classes in his Tempe Az, studio.  As a student and unabashed disciple of Brandon's work I was introduced to his universe of mentors, San Francisco based Buddy Rhodes, the heir apparent Godfather of modern concrete, and the Oklahoma native and rammed earth architect, Eddie Jones.  Suddenly my purview began to widen and I started to notice the work of both my contemporaries and their predecessors - people like the magicians at Minneapolis based ConcretePig and their David Byrne (and you may ask yourself is this my concrete) plywood infused coffee table) or Mid-century Texas Architect O'Neil Ford, who had designed the high school i attended...to be continued 

International Chic with a Southwest Touch.

After several years of practice, Greg has found that minimal taming and suggesting shape yields the most elegant results. Even when he started small with planters back in 2012, he always matched his meticulousness with curiosity. Travelling around the country, he has studied various techniques and designs that have helped him cultivate a singular style. He still makes time to learn new techniques and exhibits at tradeshows all around the world.