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A bird’s eye view of Tom Ralston Concrete's new Santa Cruz Roundabout with the “swimming concrete dolphins” and colorful splinter islands that flank the center piece. Each island is made up of multi-colored mounds that mimic wind swept sand dunes by-the-sea, and leave expanses of rock, shells and other sea-life impressions. Four different varieties of large flat rocks were turned on edge to mimic dorsal fins that meander through each island. Tom Ralston Concrete designed 30 hand-crafted concrete dolphins acid stained with multiple colors, custom cut abalone eyes, sea shells and beach glass. The dolphins were cast as families with 6’ mamas, 4’ babies and 8’ papas that weighed almost 1000 LBS each. A poet passing by said: “Round and round they go, Dolphins swim like traffic should flow”. A unique solution by one of Santa Cruz’s own to infuse creative design and beautify a Public Works project that helps to mitigate traffic jams at the Santa Cruz Wharf, Beach Street and Boardwalk area.

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The San Francisco Chronical published an article on August 6, 2015 about Santa Cruz County entitled 10 ways to explore the county by Maria Gaura. The number one way to explore the county according to Gaura is to "Walk the waterfront." In part, she says, "A few miles south, the Pleasure Point pathway stretches a half mile from Pleasure Point Park, with seashell-embedded hardscaping created by concrete artist Tom Ralston, to the Hook, the famous surf break at the end of 41st Avenue."

Tom Ralston Concrete is honored to be mentioned in the article 10 ways to explore the county. You can read the rest of the article in the San Francisco Chronical...if you have a subscription. See more of the Pleasure Point Park project.

Great new spread about Tom's recently released book Sculpting Hillsides with Decorative Concrete.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel July 16, 2014

Tom Ralston Concrete was awarded the contract to repair the stairs at Indicator Point.  It's a tough job requiring early morning hours in temperamental conditions. See the Santa Cruz stairway to Indicators surf break closed for repairs for more on the story. Once complete, we'll update the project here on the website.

Recently Tom Ralston was interviewed by Bay Area For Sale, a website dedicated to home sales and increasing home values.

In this interview you will learn more about Tom Ralston Concrete and:

• Various uses for concrete in and around the home
• Different types, textures and colors of concrete
• Benefits and discussion of using concrete

Head on over to Bay Area For Sale to read the full interview.