How is Giallo Siena marble bookmatched?
Consecutive slabs from one block are opened and laid face to face, so the movement of the stone mirrors across the joint and reads as one surface rather than as a series of panels.
How it is done
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Questions about Giallo Siena marble — Fabrication
Cutting, matching, book-matching and edge work.
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What does resin backing do for Giallo Siena marble?
It closes the small holes and cracks so the slab can be cut thin and polished.
The stone itself
How do you avoid the natural cracks in Giallo Siena marble?
You do not avoid them in the block — they are part of it — you avoid them in the piece.
How it is done
How is Giallo Siena marble cut from the block?
With a gang saw, which takes the block into slabs along one cut plane, so every slab off that block comes from the same plane.
How it is done
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