Events
The latest news from the Stone Industry
The European Stone Festival 2020 is back in Freiburg, Germany, 15-17 May. Deadline for entry is 31 March.
Lorenzo Palmeri's 'Gerico' hit the right note with the Icon judges in Verona.
Credit: Digitalmovie for Marmomac 2019
The stone industry from around the world was back in Verona, Italy, at the end of September for this year's Marmo+Mac stone and equipment exhibition.
Portland limestone mining company Albion was the sole representative of British stone at Europe's major international stone exhibition of Marmo+Mac in Verona 25-28 September.
Find out about using stone in construction while you enjoy cheeses and wines from the same regions as the stone comes from at Arup's offices in Manchester on 16 September.
Ethan Conlon, who represented British stonemasonry at WorldSkills 2019 in Kazan, Russia.
Will Napier and Fionn Blench will explain the ingredients of traditional plaster and give a practical demonstration of how it should be applied as part of the Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival 19-22 August.
Henrik Størksen from Norway produced this carving from the clay model on top of it that he also fashioned. It will go into a bench in the new Torvet Square due to open in Trondheim next year. Although Henrik is an apprentice, his carving was judged to be the best work overall in the European Stone Festival this year.
Ricky Bennett (left) and Stuart Scott, who have developed the Procarve PNC 1010 CNC machine for engraving and putting V-cut inscriptions on to memorials. Ricky came up with the idea and Stuart developed the software. It had its first outing at NAMM Tradex on the MGB Easy Handling stand.
This memorial on green Cumbrian slate by David Tedman was judged the best entry in the Craftex competition of masons' work. It was also judged the best lettering.
CED Managing Director Giles Heap with the designers of the Family Monsters Garden at Chelsea when they visited one of CED's depots to choose the stone for their garden.
The Blast Shop will be back at NAMM Tradex 20-21 June, Warwickshire Events Centre, offering you a chance to test your strength and win a new gritblast system.
Irish company McMonagle at the Natural Stone Show in London.
This is the Masons' Livery Company coat of arms. The Company is collecting masons' marks on its stand (A20) at the Natural Stone Show.
Carlos Zanarotti at his Slab Centre yard in Harefield, London, is looking for specialist stone sawers and fixers he can suggest to developers and architects for their projects and hopes to sign some up at the Natural Stone Show in London 30 April-2 May.