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About
Us
The Slab
Lab is an artisan shop, not a factory.
Nearly
all facets of our process involve small tools rather than
giant machines.
We usually
only work on a handful of projects at a time.
We look
forward to your creativity.
"I
never expected concrete to be the medium I would use as
a form of expression. My background had been in music, music
production, video, and graphic design. Just a few years
ago, concrete as an art form was as far from my conscious
mind as was possible. I happened upon concrete countertops
purely by accident, but once the interest had sparked, there
was no turning back. The versatility, beauty, and longevity
of concrete drew me in.
"Like
music or visual arts, custom concrete work starts with an
idea or vision... sometimes vague, other times very specific.
Following the vision to its completion requires a delicate
balance between control of and respect for the medium. Each
step of the creation process is reactive to the results
of the previous step. And just as two performances or two
paintings can never be absolutely identical, each concrete
object has its own nuances and qualities that can never
be replicated."
-Eric
Cohen, owner, The Slab Lab Concrete Studio
Eric has
been creating concrete countertops since 2002. He is a graduate
of both the Concrete Countertop Institute and Fu-Tung Cheng's
countertop workshop. In addition, he has met personally with
staff from Buddy Rhodes, Mark Concrete, Stone Soup, Flying
Turtle, Counter Culture Concrete, CreativeCrete, This Can't
Be Concrete and others in the industry. Eric draws on his
background in the arts, as well as his experience in residential
and commercial construction.
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