“There are many things in this world that need a touch of stone, such as the ceiling and furniture that can look so beautiful when we apply stone onto it,” shares Tjioe. “But people tend to use flat stone surface as cladding; or use at least 2 to 3cm in thickness of stone for creating pillars which can use up to 4cm, where the wastage can go up to 50 per cent.”
Through this new technique, Tjioe hopes to gradually change the way stone is used and extracted from quarries in the region and beyond.
“With this bendable marble technology, we use only 2 to 3mm of stone... We use less than 10 per cent of the material, so we quarry less, and we try to keep the mountain in its natural shape,” he adds. “We can also use the wastage from the quarried blocks that would otherwise be thrown away, for outdoor surfaces or even interiors, such that we can use as little as possible from the mountain.”
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Watch the video above to discover the applications of the bendable marble technology and the inspiration behind MM Galleri’s showroom design.