There can sometimes be surprising mismatches between how people look and behave and the jobs they do. When I met Alessandra and Marco, I was struck by her elegant lightness of touch and his refined, gentlemanly politeness. Then I discovered that their firm specialised in working stone and marble, heavy, physically demanding materials. Now that I know them better and have had the pleasure of working with them, I have understood their ability to infuse these materials with their characters and their approach to life, achieving a transformation in marble and stone that lightens their nature, leaving them diaphanous, colourful, vibrant and elegant. Like master couturiers, they are able to choose and cut, use colours and vein patterns, and create vibrations and transparencies, “dressing” living-spaces with outstanding works of art.
Marco Piva
The textures analysed by Marco Piva create a vibrant relationship with space, creating a fascinating, changing play of light and shade, with a strong contrast between transparency and opacity and between lightness and weight. Within the material, thanks to these textures, “skins” have emerged that express themselves through vibrations obtained by playing with solids and vacuums, graphic elements, undulations and incisions realised with sophisticated processing techniques ranging from simple surface satin-finish to graphic and optical effects that slightly change surfaces creating glossy and matt contrasts, to the most complex techniques that make it possible to sandblast the materials at different depths and to fill the excavated surfaces with mica glitter floating in epoxy resins.
Olympic
Design by Marco Piva
Backlit Wall Cladding in Bianco Carrara, Bianco Sivec, Bardiglio Perla
Size: cm 350 x 323
Custom sizes upon request
Circus
Design by Marco Piva
Backlit Wall Cladding in Bianco Carrara, Bianco Sivec, Nero Belgio
Size: cm 323 x 200
Custom sizes upon request
Domino
Design by Marco Piva
Backlit Wall Cladding in Glass and Nero Belgio
Size: cm 323 x 200
Custom sizes upon request