{"id":713,"date":"2024-07-29T13:30:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T13:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbs.caricamedia.co.uk\/?p=713"},"modified":"2024-07-29T13:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T13:31:09","slug":"marble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/blog\/marble\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarrying Marble"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"713\" class=\"elementor elementor-713\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3ae594 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d3ae594\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f55f873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f55f873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">December 15, 2020\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aedc4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0aedc4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quarrying Marble\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9e0f31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d9e0f31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2351\" height=\"1322\" src=\"https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7e0632977cee31b910a2e6f87f499f1d.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-716\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7e0632977cee31b910a2e6f87f499f1d.jpg 2351w, https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7e0632977cee31b910a2e6f87f499f1d-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7e0632977cee31b910a2e6f87f499f1d-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7e0632977cee31b910a2e6f87f499f1d-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7e0632977cee31b910a2e6f87f499f1d-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/7e0632977cee31b910a2e6f87f499f1d-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2351px) 100vw, 2351px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3f6189 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c3f6189\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a91905f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a91905f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LIBERATION<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8982b54 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8982b54\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4f9514 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4f9514\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1597319889015_18313\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\"><div class=\"sqs-block-content\"><div class=\"sqs-html-content\"><p>During the Renaissance, marble was quarried by inserting wooden pegs into naturally occurring cracks in the rock, then pouring water onto the pegs to make them swell. Eventually the rock would split, liberating a piece of marble.<\/p><p>The principal tool of modern quarrying is a wire cable 1cm in diameter, fitted at 5cm intervals with diamond-studded collars. Holes are drilled in the mountain, the cable is threaded through the holes to form a loop, and the loop is driven at high speed by an electric motor.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc891d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bc891d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36f3902 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"36f3902\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/franco.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-717\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/franco.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/franco-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/franco-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/franco-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lbsstonecollection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/franco-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567a3cc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"567a3cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea4dc36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ea4dc36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IL CAPO - THE CHIEF\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1f283d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1f283d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">A beautiful, breathtaking, award-winning film by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuriancarani.com\/works\/il-capo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yuri Ancarani<\/a> follows Franco Barattini &#8211; Il Capo, during the extraction process of marble at his mountainside quarry in Carrara, Italy.<\/p><p class=\"\">The Chief manages, coordinates and guides quarrymen and heavy duty machines using a language consisting solely of gestures and signs. Conducting his dangerous and sublime orchestra against the backdrop of the sheer slopes and peaks of the Apuane Alps, the Chief works in total noise, which creates a paradoxical silence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e32e0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40e32e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8d8275 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"d8d8275\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/108898457?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d7f8f02 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1d7f8f02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d344399 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d344399\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cI was so taken by the chief, watching him work\u201d &#8211; said Ancarani &#8211; \u201cHow he can move gigantic marble blocks using enormous excavators, but his own movements are light, precise and determined.&#8221;<\/p><p>The film is produced by N.O. 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