SEED — Reading a slab
What the veining tells you before the first cut.
Studio Marbella · 10 August 2026
Every slab arrives with its pattern already decided. The veining runs where it runs; the work is choosing which part of it becomes the piece.
A board wants a long, uninterrupted line. A bowl wants movement in the centre. Reading the slab is the slowest part of the process and the least negotiable.
The slab decides the piece. We just agree with it.
Once the cut is drawn, the rest is patience — sawing, honing, easing the edges by hand until the stone feels finished rather than manufactured.