Midnight Ocean Wave reads exactly like the name — a wide, pictorial slab that looks more like a seascape than a stone. The upper field is a cresting wave of charcoal, gunmetal grey and ink-black, broken by amber and burnt-orange passages that drift through the swell like sand picked up off the bottom. The lower field drops into white quartz spray and long vertical streaks that read as rain on the water. Every slab from this block is a one-off composition; this one in particular has the strongest narrative — a clear horizon line, a wave breaking left to right, and a calm pool at the bottom.
“The matte finish keeps the dark passages from going glassy and lets the contrast read as drawing rather than reflection.”
Honed. The matte finish keeps the dark passages from going glassy and lets the contrast read as drawing rather than reflection. It's the right call for a slab this pictorial: polish would push it toward something theatrical, where honed lets it sit as a single composed image across a room.
Antolini, 2cm, 78" × 125" — fresh on the floor at Royal Stone. A single-piece feature slab — the kind of stone you spec as the centerpiece of a room: an island, a fireplace wall, a bar back, a dining table. Calcareous, so route it away from working kitchens unless the client accepts the patina.
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