Articles Tagged with ''natural stone''

The roads were empty. It started with 15 days to slow the spread. Stay at home orders were in place and Americans were on lockdown. Everyone was confined to their homes, glued to their televisions to learn more about the dangerous contagion that was bringing their world to a complete stop. 

Veronafiere, the organizer of Marmomac, reported that more than 30,000 qualified visitors attended the in-person international stone exhibition this year. This included 48% international participants from 120 countries. 

Emad Dawood of State Stone Work Inc. of El Cajon, CA, was struggling with three areas of fabrication with his two older bridge saws. Miter cutting relied too much on stick template layouts. 

An upscale Italian apartment features beautiful exotic stone from Antolini.

Stamford Stone is now extracting block stone from its Clipsham Bidwells Quarry in Lincolnshire, England, formerly known as the Davenport Handley Quarry or Bullimores Quarry. 

Stone World, in partnership with the Natural Stone Institute, has resumed its in-person Stone Summits for 2021. The first one launched in Ohio in July followed by Pennsylvania in August. 

Jason Kamery interivews sculptor, Darrell Petit and talks about his career and his pasion for stone and sustainability of natural stone.

Having switched to a virtual format last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Marmomac is excited to welcome exhibitors and attendees back to Verona, Italy, this fall for its 2021 edition. 

This Stone of the Month is the glowing, luminous veins and silvery variations of Silver Stream generate a striking surface with dynamism and power. An Antolini exclusive, this marble has tones of gray, white and black. Technical details provide a frame of reference only.

While I have seen booked-matched slabs form shower and bathroom walls, floor-to-ceiling fireplaces and even used as an interior accent wall, I have never seen ones used so creatively as a striking headboard in a bedroom.