Abstract: A lighweight embossing tool for patterning an impressionable surface material, for example freshly poured concrete, comprising a one-man rectangular weight-supporting platform having essentially flat top, bottom and side portions, a centrally located opening formed on the top surface of the platform adapted to receive a shaft, the bottom surface of said platform having rigidly connected thereto a plurality of blades arranged within the perimeter of the platform bottom in a predetermined pattern. The design of the tool is such that the weight of a man standing on both feet on the platform and straddling the centrally located opening is substantially evenly distributed along the blades.