Craft · Fabrication
Book-matching, explained
Two slabs cut one after the other and opened like the pages of a book, so the veining mirrors across the seam.
When a block of stone is cut into slabs, neighbouring slabs share almost the same pattern, mirrored. Book-matching takes two consecutive slabs and sets them side by side, opened like a book, so the veining mirrors across the seam and reads as one large image.
It only works if the slabs are chosen together and kept in order, and if the seam is placed on purpose. It suits feature walls, fireplace surrounds and full-height backsplashes, where the pattern is the point.
We pick the slabs together, agree the seam with you on the actual slabs, and machine cutouts for outlets and openings before the panels leave the shop.
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