Materiales Artesanales : Stone & Terracota

From the Iron Age all the great Mediterranean and oriental cultures have used marble columns as a base and decorative point of their constructions. One of the first samples is found in Egypt, more than 4,500 years ago. Its aspects to emphasize were a cylindrical shaft and capitals adorned with floral motifs, lotuses, palms or papyri. The Persians built some of the most elaborate columns of the ancient era, highlighting those of Persepolis, which were made with capitals decorated with heads of bulls. The Greco-Roman civilization used them assiduously both in interior and exterior constructions, especially in the porticos, where over time the classical architectural orders were developed: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. These elements lost something of importance throughout the Middle Ages, where the classical orders were abandoned in favor of more ductile designs, with capitals that incorporated floral or figurative decoration corresponding to Gothic and Roma...

From a details of measurements facilitated by the client and following his specifications, we proceeded to the manufacture of half column of natural stone , pedestal type that was going to be placed in a decorative way in an establishment. The material chosen by the client was travertine gold and the final finish that he decided was polished to highlight even more the intense travertine gold color. Here are some photos of the manufacturing process:

Custom work to coat iron pillars that support a porch. The iron columns had a diameter of about 15 cm and the client wanted the final effect to be as if the porch was supported by ivory cream marble columns , so these columns were recessed to be able to fasten to the pillars and be perfectly integrated . These are the plans to manufacture the columns and the initial state of the porch with the iron pillars : From these plans we start with the manufacturing process : Finally we show you the final result with the columns mounted and integrated into the porch :

Made to measure two doric columns in ivory cream marble and polished finish , with a total height of 120 cm and a diameter of 20 cm in the shape of a buckling shaft. Here are some photos of the entire manufacturing process of the columns :