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Painted pebbles: taking a stone home, painting it and then leaving it again for others as a friendly greeting
„Rocking“ is a new attitude on its way across the world
New Art Centre in Salisbury shows artworks made of many different materials at the Roche Court Sculpture Park
The centre also comprises a gallery and an educational centre
Raw slate slabs give the direction at this year’s Hyde Park Serpentine Pavilion in London
Critics are quick to claim that the installation by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami falls short of the standards set in the last years
Are deep ocean sediments a „seed bank“ for the diversity of life?
Scientists have quantified endospores, extremely resistant bacteria waiting for resurrection under changed environmental conditions
Cynthia Sah and Nicolas Bertoux in Hong Kong: „A journey from Nature to Sculpture“
At the exhibition at the Rotunda, Exchange Square the artists show their marble works and give the visitors an idea of sculpting marble
„VolareArte“: once more showing monumental stone sculptures by Park Eun Sun in Pisa and Florence
Presentation at the airports / Dual colors and stone cracks are distinguishing factors
Global Countertop Market: „Engineered quartz is forecasted to increase its share, partly at the expense of granite“
Freedonia Research Group has published a new study which sees the demand to reach 540 million m² in 2023
Nature in the quarry: the Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Budo budo) feel undisturbed by all the noise of heavy machinery in the quarry
Oetelshofen Limestone Quarry, Germany, regards the endangered giant owl, which chose the quarry as its home, as „a popular figure“
After rockfall at the Matterhorn Hörnli ridge in 2003: now, millions of data points observe any change in the rock
„Crackmeters“ measure how the ice as stabilizing „glue“ is melting and how this leads to a displacement of boulders
A 1.5 t marble table 3.1 m in diameter travels from Lake Constance in Germany to California
Draenert Company was commissioned to construct and deliver an XXL version of its rotating table „Tadao“ to the USA