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Joey Marcella

Joey Marcella

Joey Marcella has been active in the stone and tile industry for over 34 years, with 27 years at the helm of Mario & Son. He is a regular speaker at international trade shows for the stone industry, representing the Natural Stone Institute and the Stone Fabricators Alliance (SFA), serving on the Board of Directors. Marcella is also an award-winning marble sculptor, with his work supporting organizations such as the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (the MAC) and the Spokane Valley Arts Council of which he also served as a board member. He recently was the recipient of the Natural Stone Institute’s Craftsman of the Year for 2018, as well as the association’s Grande Pinnacle Award for his sculpture “Aura”. Additionally, he was named Stone World’s 2018 Fabricator of the Year.

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Industry Insights

Stone Industry Perspective: Adjusting to circumstances

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Joey Marcella
July 8, 2020
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WE’RE HALFWAY THROUGH 2020, dealing with COVID-19, lockdowns, rioting and political insanity. Just waiting on the swarms of locusts to usher in the official End of Days. There’s not a fabricator among us that wouldn’t welcome a “do over” at this point.
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Stone Industry Perspective

Stone Industry Perspective: Working in Unison

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Joey Marcella
November 14, 2019
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Stone World’s “Industry Perspective” column has revolving articles by the Stone Fabricators Alliance (SFA), The Natural Stone Institute (NSI), and the Rockhead Group offering insight into the workings of each organization, and their place within the industry.


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Restoring the stonework at Our Lady of Lourdes

An act of goodwill leads to an update of other stone elements in Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral in Spokane, WA
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Joey Marcella
April 3, 2019
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A vandal singled out a 100-year-old Italian bas-relief carving of the Last Supper, making the historic work of marble his personal piñata. After shaking my head, and wondering just what is wrong with people, I told my wife, “I should go down there and see if I can help fix the damage.”


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Stone Industry Perspective: Fabricators Helping Fabricators

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Joey Marcella
February 11, 2019
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As an online forum, the SFA provides day-to-day information crucial to the nuts and bolts of the fabrication business, on demand and nearly in real time. When this power’s leveraged, you find a variety of answers to almost any concern you may have, often by others who have already encountered the same issue and can offer a solution, or at least some candid insight. 


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Italy’s school of rock: The Stone Fabricators Alliance hosts Italian stone trade students

Two students from the Istituto Paolo Brenzoni Arte del Marmo, a technical school for the Italian stone trade in Sant’Ambrogio di Valpolicella, Italy, spent three weeks experiencing several stone fabrication shops in the U.S., as well as American culture
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Joey Marcella
March 1, 2017
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The program comprised two students from the school visiting three various SFA host companies — each visit lasting a full week, consisting of various time spent in and around the fabrication shop and city.


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One Fabricator Shares Advice on How to Run a Successful Business

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Joey Marcella
July 6, 2015
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Everyone knows when you buy that shiny new saw — or the CNC with all the bells and whistles — in order for those machines to function properly with a long lifespan, they need regular on-going maintenance.


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