Monday, 18 March 2019 14:53

From Yarn to Marble

    MEC has introduced its latest decorative marble tile collection, Ikat. Inspired from the traditional textile weaving art that uses dyed yarn. The team wanted to somehow bring that aesthetic style to the mosaic tile medium.

    The designers collected different Ikat rug and fabric samples to capture the true essence of hand-woven fabric. It is incredible how little variations and weaving are in fact what give the Ikat creations a warm handcrafted feeling, making every piece of fabric truly one-of-a-kind.

    The design team knew they had to somehow bring this effect from one medium to another to stay true to the source of inspiration. The team of designers and mosaicists brainstormed and experimented with various marble mosaic techniques, until they found the perfect one.

    The Ikat marble designs feature long precision-cut marble tile strips, further hand-chopped and manually arranged into woven ikat patterns. Each section is unique and there is no repetition throughout the marble rugs; which gives something as tough as marble a soft, flowy fabric effect.

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