Laboring Short?
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
Just where are all the good stoneworkers, anyway?
Category: Articles
Coverings 2006: April Abundance
ORLANDO, Fla. – It may just be spring for most people, but it’s high season for stone and tile at Coverings 2006 next month.
Exotic Stone: Jewels Of The Slab
By K. Schipper
Stone always owed its mystique to its reputation as a luxury item – it’s something not everyone could afford.
Carnival of Wisdom (February 2006)
By Tom McNall
And so it begins – the e-mails, the advertisements, the flyers and the buzz among friends over coffee and the Internet. It’s trade-show time.
CNC Sculptor: Jon Isherwood
For most stone sculptors, the chisel becomes the tool of choice. For Jon Isherwood, it’s a five-axes CNC machine.
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Beachwood, Ohio
By M.W. Penn
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage was conceived as a celebration of the Jewish immigrant experience in northeast Ohio, but the scope of museum exhibits encompasses the entire history of Judaism. To symbolically connect the museum with the heritage of the people it honors, the building’s facing is more than 126 tons of Gold Jerusalem limestone from the Ramon Mitzpeh quarry in southern Israel.
Closing With YES!, Part I
By Mark Lauzon
By far, the most important thing any business does is sell. A shop might have the best gear, best fabricators and best slabs in the world, and still not survive in the modern marketplace.
Western Tile and Marble, Bellevue, Wash.
By K. Schipper
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Western Tile and Marble celebrates its golden anniversary this year, and – with 250-400 people on the payroll, depending on what jobs are under construction – it’s hard to mistake the company for a small shop.
‘Til The End of … When?
One of the great things about selling stone is you can tell a customer that – unlike almost any product extant on our planet – what they’re buying can last forever.
Coverings 2006: Education
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Educational sessions covering the range from green buildings to managing customer needs await for stone-industry professionals during Coverings 2006 on April 4-7 in Orlando, Fla.