Becker’s Blog #11: Holidays @ Home
A view of nave with Fioe de Pesco walls and Arabescato Vagli column bases at the large structural columns. The area above the marble has been faux-painted to look like marble.
A CNC machine cuts away most of the Calacutta Cremo marble for the baldacchino capitals. After the machine work, the stone is finished by hand.
A closer look at the capital as it starts to get the craftsman’s touch.
Thanks for reading.
Joe Becker
Twin City Tile and Marble Company
St. Paul, Minn.
Joe Becker has been in the natural-stone business for 26 years. He started with Cold Spring Granite as a draftsman and spent time in their stone installation and estimating departments. He is currently Vice President of St. Paul, Minn.-based Twin City Tile and Marble Company and oversees their stone operations.
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