Terra Frammenti Touts the Transcendental Beauty of Marble

"Some time in 2022, atop winding quarry roads in northern Italy, designer Sheree Stuart found herself traveling alongside marble producers, transfixed by the stone at its source - sights of rosy pinks, verdant greens, and beguiling burgundies. Those initial dialogues, between raw material and maker, physical fragments and the potential within material wholeness, now coalesce in Terra Frammenti, Stuart's inaugural collection of marble home furnishings."

"Terra Frammenti offers a cultural counterpoint: objects that ask for slowness, provenance, and intimacy. Marble, historically reserved for monuments and sacred spaces, becomes a way to bring cultural inheritance into the home. Stuart's selected palette reflects this reverence: Sienna Rose pinks, Breccia Firenze burgundies, Calacatta Viola cabernet tones, Arbescato Vagli whites, Palisandro Bluette blues, and Crystal Sapphire greens - each chosen for rarity, clarity, and narrative potential."

"Every Terra Frammenti piece is handcrafted in Siderno, Calabria, by artisans whose knowledge is deeply rooted in regional heritage. Their approach pairs generational technique with advanced machining, allowing each form to emerge as a single, uninterrupted gesture of stone. "Starting with a block instead of slabs allows the sculptural qualities to emerge uninterrupted - no seams, just the continuous integrity of the stone," Stuart explains. Carving from singular blocks also preserves the geological integrity, and subsequently, the cultural memory, of each piece."

Designer excursions through northern Italian quarries inspired a 22-piece suite of marble furnishings centered on material origins, color, and craft. The collection treats marble as cultural artifact and heirloom rather than commodity, promoting slowness, provenance, and intimacy over mass production. A carefully chosen palette—including Sienna Rose, Breccia Firenze, Calacatta Viola, Arbescato Vagli, Palisandro Bluette, and Crystal Sapphire—emphasizes rarity and narrative potential. Each object is handcrafted in Siderno, Calabria, by artisans combining generational technique with advanced machining. Single-block carving yields uninterrupted sculptural gestures, preserves geological integrity, and maintains the cultural memory embedded in the stone.

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