Stone sage - Special orders: artisan-designed products that break the mold

Residential Architect, April, 2003 by Shelley D. Hutchins

Warisan has added a new product to its array of home furnishings and accessories: hand-carved stone panels. To produce the Art in Stone series, the company collaborates with Bali-based stone muralist A.P. Gentile. Once the stone has been quarried and cut by stonemasons into uniform square tiles, a master carver chisels the surface into textured relief, using either drawings from the client or existing designs as templates. The squares can be assembled into seamless murals or used as single tiles. Warisan, 877.WARISAN; www.warisan.com.

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