State Your Case
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
State legislators, like anyone else, find it hard to say no to little girls. As a result, Colorado joins a long list of places with something nobody should live without: an official state rock.
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Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, London
By Claire Santry
LONDON — The granite water memorial to Diana, Princess of Wales, that attracted plenty of worldwide attention this summer is, in a way, more than a monument – it also represents the future of stoneworking.
Wholesale Marble and Granite, Brooklyn, N.Y.
By K. Schipper
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Just one look at the sign above the door, and it’s easy to believe that Wholesale Marble and Granite has been misnamed. However, there’s a story behind the name of the custom fabricator and installer.
Italy: Old World, New Reality?
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
For the past few years, it’s become old hat to say that Italy isn’t what it used to be in the worldwide stone trade. It’s even coming from the last place many would expect to hear it: Italy itself.
Patterns for Success, Part II
By Kevin M. Padden
Last time, I wrote about the different types of manual templating that I have had the most success with, using both methods in the field and in the shop. I pretty much prefer the Luan plywood-strip method; but, in the interest in being objective, let’s review all of the most-common types of templating now in use.
A Capitol Job of Maintenance
By K. Schipper
Everyone likes to talk about the importance of stone’s durability, but then there’s the job of keeping up a building – and the ultimate symbol of the United States of America.
Diamond Tooling in the New Stone Age
By Martin Jennings
Growth in the output of natural stone has increased steadily since the late 1960s and this increase can be tracked quite clearly to the advances made in the diamond tooling now used almost exclusively at the quarries and stone yards.
Remembering John D
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
In a stone industry that tosses around the dimensions of tons, containers and slabs like a pocketful of change, 25 pounds seems beyond insignificance. Make it a piece of granite, roughly broken with the inscribed word “John D,” and it’s no more than scrap for the crusher.
Stoneworkz, Orlando, Fla.
By K. Schipper
ORLANDO, Fla. – When it comes to fabrication, Stoneworkz President Michael Burress says that “I hope we’re a little different” from other companies in the field.
Blade Code Offered For Diamond Saws
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association (CDSA) announced a new standard in May for identifying applications for diamond-saw blades. The standards, endorsed by the Masonry and Concrete Saw Manufacturers Institute,...