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13 July 2018 In Blog, Manufacture By Arte 2000 - Paola

Antique impact and percussion tools for the handcrafted marble manufacturing

The antique percussion tools are used in the traditional handcrafted stone manufacturing. They are necessary to break and to shape through a series of beats. The percussion is direct when you hit the stone directly, indirect when you beat on a cutting tool. Among...

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13 July 2018 In Blog, Manufacture By Arte 2000 - Paola

Antique hand tools for the handcrafted marble manufacturing

The antique tools are still in use today for the artistic marble manufacturing. In the past they were only used with the manual movement and now they are also electrical and pneumatic. In order to avoid getting exhausted and to waste energies, it is very important...

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10 July 2018 In Blog, Manufacture By Arte 2000 - Paola

Artistic techniques of manufacturing and decoration of the marble

In the marble tradition there are different artistic sculptural techniques to realize and embellish a work. These methods are grouped by two main categories, even if in some cases they can be confused with one another because the differences are minimal: techniques of manufacturing and...

10 May 2018 In Blog, Marbles By Arte 2000 - Paola

The classical quality of Rosso Verona

The classical quality of Rosso Verona, the red marble par excellence. Rosso Verona is one of the most famous and worldwide well-known Italian ornamental rocks, coming from Verona area. It is suitable for floorings, staircases, coverings, columns, balustrades, portals, cornices, fireplaces, sculptures, ornamental works. It is...

14 April 2018 In Blog, Marbles By Arte 2000 - Paola

Bianco Carrara marble: a prestigious natural Italian stone famous all over the world

The Bianco Carrara marble is the most appreciated and known Italian marble in the world, is considered, both in Italy and abroad, the Italian marble par excellence. This stone is extracted from the Apuan Alps in Carrara where there are the most known millenary tradition...

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3 February 2018 In Anecdotes, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

A prophetic Saint Mark’s lion changed the life of the sculptor Antonio Canova

The lion of butter and the ecstasy of Venetian nobles in the Giovanni Falier’s villa. Antonio Canova, during a dinner with Venetian nobles, guests of the senator Giovanni Falier in Asolo, had the occasion to express his talent and inclination for the beautiful. For him it...

21 December 2017 In Anecdotes, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

Who carved in the marble the first nativity scene of the history?

In 1291 pope Niccolò IV commissioned to the sculptor Arnolfo di Cambio the first inanimate nativity scene of the history in order to give prominence to the relic of the manger and to celebrate the Greccio Nativity scene. The term nativity scene derives in fact from...

14 December 2017 In Blog, Marbles By Arte 2000 - Paola

The chromatic beauty of Verde Alpi marble

It is suitable for products intended for interior and exterior locations, for floors and coverings. It is a strong material, it withstands the cold but in the humid and rainy areas, with rigid temperatures reaching down several degrees below zero, it can be damaged. The...

7 December 2017 In Blog, Manufacture By Arte 2000 - Paola

Differences between a solid marble work and a box-type product

The main difference between a solid marble work and a box-type product is the number of pieces with which it has been realized: the first is in a unique piece of stone while the second one is realized with various pieces joined together....

12 May 2015 In Anecdotes, Blog By Stefano Facchini

THE SOLIDITY OF CONSTRUCTIONS

Very often we can read in the news section about disputes concerning construction works executed using poor materials, unsuitable for the required use; for example, marbles with a big capacity of absorption should not be used in external walls, as through the slow humidity absorption...

Stefano Facchini Master Craftsman

Bearer of a heritage of knowledge and experience to be treasured and passed on to future generations

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HISTORICAL CRAFTSMAN'S WORKSHOP

From 1922 with Emilio Facchini in Istria to the current workshop of Stefano Facchini in Colle Umberto - Treviso