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Becker’s Blog #11: Holidays @ Home - Page 2

 

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A view of nave with Fioe de Pesco walls and Arabescato Vagli column bases at the large structural columns. The area above the marble has been faux-painted to look like marble.

 

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A CNC machine cuts away most of the Calacutta Cremo marble for the baldacchino capitals. After the machine work, the stone is finished by hand.

 

 

 

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A closer look at the capital as it starts to get the craftsman's touch.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading.

Joe Becker
Twin City Tile and Marble Company
St. Paul, Minn.



This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it has been in the natural-stone business for 26 years. He started with Cold Spring Granite as a draftsman and spent time in their stone installation and estimating departments. He is currently Vice President of St. Paul, Minn.-based Twin City Tile and Marble Company and oversees their stone operations.

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