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Is Barbara Liotta’s art “AirArt”, where stone LandArt is hung on threads?
The US artist creates airy curtains for parks and museums or as décor for the home
Archive: all the stone news
Italian Biesse Group has published the 3. edition of its Sustainability Report
The document gives an overview of the company’s economic, social, and environmental performance in 2019
A tool for Covid-19 times: “Isola” can help to control access and sanitize people and objects that pass through it
Italian Faram 1957 company comes out with a box to facilitate business life / After the crisis, it may be transformed into a telephone booth
The winners of the “Talents” competition for young craftsmen were determined online this time
Due to Corona and the cancellation of the International Trade Fair in Munich, the presentation of the prizes and the exhibition will take place later
The stone fair in Xiamen is going virtual and is giving itself an online extension with the “Cloud Xiamen Stone Fair”
For the exhibitors, there will be “personalized booths” where they can present themselves 24/7 and even throughout the year / Launch on 06 June 2020
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The Big Stone River in Taganai Park in the southern Urals in Russia is a long field of large boulders that runs through the dense forest
The Sculpture School in Peccia in the Swiss Ticino is ready to receive new applications for its courses in the coming months
The Corona-Crowdfunding “Helping Hands for Peccia” was an extraordinary success
The lobby of Arizona State University’s Washington Center is adorned with desert sandstone worked with CNC-cuts and sandblasting
The cladding of 2 walls emulates the spectacular slot canyons of the US State
In the BioProMarL project, researchers hope to give the stone surfaces new properties, modelled on the lotus effect
Experts from the Levantina company and laser scientists from Spain use laser technology to reduce dirt adhesion and improve skid resistance
Terrazzo tiles with marble inlays that could have fallen from the sky
The Italian company Mondo Marmo Design uses water jet technology to offer innovative designs for the well-known floor covering
Does the subduction of tectonic plates accelerate before major earthquakes?
Before the event followed by the Fukushima tsunami, the direction of the Earth crust’s movement had even been reversed for a short time
Turkey’s stone exports in 2019 were again down on the previous year (-2.32%), but the share of end products in the total balance increased (+3.34%)
The country has opened important markets in the Middle East and is well on the way to becoming one of the leading players in the states of the former Soviet Union
Tectonic plates started shifting some 3.2 billion years ago, earlier than previously thought
A research team led by Harvard scientists analyzed how the position of ancient rocks changed over time while research usually focuses on the chemical structures in the stone