Contemporary Geometric Tray in Natural Italian Marble

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Diamond shaped tray in white statuario and grey bardiglio marble.
Smooth finishing.

Commercial name: Forever. Contemporary Collection by Michele Chiossi, … Read more Diamond shaped tray in white statuario and grey bardiglio marble.
Smooth finishing.

Commercial name: Forever. Contemporary Collection by Michele Chiossi, sculptor born in Tuscany. Made in Italy, hand finished.
Do not be fooled, Chissi did not just create a tray shaped like a diamond. He tells a story, which is perfectly dished out. For centuries, Carrara marble was quarried by the sheer strength of men’s labour; the only tools at their disposal were wooden wedges or metallic chisels that were hammered in. Later, in the Eighteenth Century came the use of explosives and, in the Nineteenth Century, the helical wire. It wasn’t until the 1980s that the innovation of the diamond wire made it possible to extract the slab from the mountain. The whole world within an object that is “forever”; a tray of Bianco Statuario and Bardiglio marble. In the shape of a diamond.

The item is made to order. Please note that marbles and stones are natural materials, and therefore can differ slightly in appearance - even when coming from the same quarry or the same block. Picture can then differ slightly from purchased item, as every piece is unique. See less