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Most beautiful of all the stones used in statues and reliefs is marble, and for centuries sculptors have crafted this stone to produce the works we see in museums and other public buildings in the capitals of the world.
The word marble comes from the Greek word MARMAROS, 'shining stone'.
Greek and Roman sculptors favoured the medium of marble to produce their marble statues and marble busts and marble reliefs, and since then, marble has become a cultural symbol of tradition and refined taste.
In folkore, marble is associated with the astrological sign of Gemini. Pure white marble is an emblem of purity. It is also an emblem of immortality and and insurer of success in education.
Stone Icons use only the finest high quality, all natural, hand carved marble. We carve stones brought from the finest quarries of Italy, or those found in Asia where the marble has been used for finest work for centuries.
As with all products of nature, marble has colour variations from block to block as well as from quarry to quarry. To ensure a consistent colour for our products, we cut all the components required for any piece from the same marble block.
But marble is a living stone and it has veins and other blemishes. These are part of the natural beauty of the stone.