Legend holds that the artist had in mind one of the hulking carrara stonecutters as the physical model for il gigante.
Block of marble from carrara yard.
The block used for michelangelo s famous david had languished in the work yard of florence cathedral for forty years before he tackled it.
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Carrara marble is excavated from quarries in blocks that weigh tons.
Our blocks warehouse at our storage facility in via ilice carrara we market and sell select blocks of natural stone and marble from the apuan alps apuan marble.
Just watch these two experts make light work of shifting a monster slab of newly sawn carrara marble to its new berth in the yard.
Moving marble block italian style carrara along the north west tuscan way.
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A statue of david the biblical hero who slayed the giant goliath had been ordered in 1464.
First the bottom cut of the block is made by a giant chainsaw in about a day.
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This commission went to agostino and a huge slab of marble was extracted from the carrara quarries in tuscany italy for the project.
We re stock material on a regular basis and the facility is equipped for block cutting.
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Massive 350 ton marble blocks are extracted and then divided into 35 ton blocks taken down by heavy trucks to the seaside in 45 minutes.
The marble can be sold in this format or cut down into slabs or tiles of various sizes suitable for a range of residential and commercial projects.
Every piece of carrara marble was special and specific to each project.
Darmar s company owned warehouse storage facility covers an area of 2000 sqm.
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For unknown reasons agostino abandoned the project after doing only a little work mostly roughing out around the legs.
The block used for michelangelo s famous david had languished in the work yard of florence cathedral for forty years before he tackled it.
Having moved a fair share of stone in my time i thought i would share this little video showing just how it is done by the masters that is.
Here too as in our slab warehouse in via argine destro carrione carrara our staff are happy to assist customers in selecting and handling blocks.
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Legend holds that the artist had in mind one of the hulking carrara stonecutters as the physical model for il gigante.
