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1) We started by grinding the floor to obtain a roughened surface profile.

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Next, we applied a white skim coat to fill in popouts and to make a nice canvas for the blue dyes. We then laid out the foam, and used a hot knife to cut out our design.

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Notice the beautiful marble tiles on the walls. This is where we took the leftovers and chipped them into mosaic pieces that we later embedded in the floor overlay.

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Harris chips the leftover marble into mosaic pieces.

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A polymer-modified, cementitious stampable overlay is applied to the floor with a gauge rake and then hand troweled.

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Harris sprinkles blue crushed glass, glow-in-the-dark aggregate, and the hand-chiseled mosaics onto the fresh overlay.

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The decorative aggregate was gently hand tapped into the overlay using a small texturing skin.

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The river starts to take shape, winding through the pieces of decorative aggregate.

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Skins are used to apply seamless texture to the fresh overlay.

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The next day, we begin to remove the foam.

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A dremel tool came in handy for removing residual foam.

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All the foam is removed and the floor is ready for the next step.

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Harris begins applying the dyes to the riverbed, using a combination of Caribbean Blue and Royal Blue DCI dyes.

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Next, the river rocks are placed in the riverbed.

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The lighter-gray stepping stones are filled with the polymer-modified overlay and then textured. Next, we poured an epoxy casting resin on the rocks in the riverbed.

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The finished project, after application of two coats of 100%-solids epoxy glaze.

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A close-up of the finished floor.