Formation
Two hundred million years ago, fragments of shell and coral settled layer upon layer on the floor of a shallow sea. Patiently, the limestone built up its strata.
AKSOYLAR · THE STORY OF STONE
From nature to space.
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01 / The memory of the sea
Formation
Two hundred million years ago, fragments of shell and coral settled layer upon layer on the floor of a shallow sea. Patiently, the limestone built up its strata.
LAYER UPON LAYER
THE JOURNEY’S MARBLEArabescato CorchiaWhite · Gold veining
ONE STORY, IN SEVEN STAGES01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Trace the journey through the collection ↗
Time, gathered within the stone.
Metamorphism
Beneath the Earth’s crust, heat and pressure rewrote the limestone. Calcite crystallized, and veins settled into the stone like a signature.
Quarry
In our quarries in the Taurus Mountains and the Marmara region, we read the direction of the veins. Every cutting decision respects an order millions of years in the making.
Block
Every block that is extracted is numbered. The bookmatch plan takes shape at this stage — this is where it’s decided which slab will sit beside which.
Cutting
On multi-wire saws, the block is divided into slabs with millimetric precision. The pattern hidden inside the stone sees the light for the first time.
Finish
Polished, honed, antiqued or brushed. The same stone takes on an entirely different character with each touch; the choice is guided by the light of the project.
Project
And the stone settles into its space. On a lobby floor, a countertop, a façade — what remains at the journey’s end is a lasting surface.