New in our Stone Finder: COBALT, a Super Exotic quartzite with blue background, golden veins plus incredible resistance, from Brazilian Vitoria Stone company

The designer duo Apospersano drafts for the company Pimar lighting accents and wall panels made of Lecce limestone

The novelty of the creations is that the focus is not on the form, but on the material and its effect

Sculptor Antonio López‘s work “Mujer del Almanzora“ made of Blanco Macael marble is the biggest marble sculpture in Spain

It was created in 2019 using CNC machinery processing the 230 t of stone and is supported by an interior metallic structure

The Fondazione Henraux has announced the 3 winners of its 2022 International Sculpture Prize

Winners are artists who work on contemporary themes innovatively using marble

Apprentices in horticulture and landscaping learned the know-how for dry-stone walling and also the ability to work in a team

The walls once played an important role in the pastures on the slopes and are evidence of the culture

BLUE STONE OF HAINAULT (Pierre Bleue de Belgique), the famous Belgian limestone appropriate for almost every application, quarried by Carrières du Hainaut company

Application open for THE BLUE NIGHT 2023 (May 05 and 06) in Nuremberg’s Old Town with “Messages” as theme for German and international artists

What a terrific product idea: tombstones for pets are on display at Marmomac as part of the “Etica Litica“ (stone ethics) project

In Hall 10, the new “Plus Theatre“ wants to tie in with the “Italian Stone Theatre“ of recent years and be a playground for natural stone ideas

New funding from the Düsseldorf Art Commission for art in public space

Local as well as internationally active artists are called upon to develop experimental and temporary concepts for the urban space of Düsseldorf

Portugal also saw strong increases in its natural stone exports in 2021 compared to the previous year (by value: +17.62%), although this is only +1.89% compared to the last pre-Covid year 2019