ONE THREAD WINDS
Materials: Gambier limestone
Gambier Limestone, from South Australia, is composed of fragments of bryozoa or lace coral and shell deposited more than 15 million years ago, when a large part of southern Australia was covered by a warm sea. The shell debris has compacted over time to form a soft porous limestone that retains a matt finish. Occasionally larger shells and sharks teeth are found in the stone.
ONE THREAD WINDS
Materials: Gambier limestone
Gambier Limestone, from South Australia, is composed of fragments of bryozoa or lace coral and shell deposited more than 15 million years ago, when a large part of southern Australia was covered by a warm sea. The shell debris has compacted over time to form a soft porous limestone that retains a matt finish. Occasionally larger shells and sharks teeth are found in the stone.
BEGINNING
Carrara Marble
0.15 x 0.13 x 0.10 m
Marble is a metamorphic rock formed when limestone is subjected to heat and pressure.
Sixty five million years ago, when the African tectonic plate crashed into the Eurasian plate and formed the European Alps, limestone in the Carrara area was heated, folded and melted; as it cooled it formed into crystalline white marble.
Carrara marble is particularly pure with very uniform small white crystals. This results in strength and workability which make it such a prized sculptural medium. Carrara Marble is the archetypal sculptural stone. Michelangelo’s David is carved from Carrara Marble.
It is a privilege to work with this classic material.