aesar Stone won the best Interior Design stand at DesignEX in Melbourne.
The graphics were designed by Kim Chadwick of Blend Colour Marketing and Design Pty Ltd who is a Melbourne-based designer. She had her ideas worked into the required digital files to run the CAM (computer aided manufacturing) water jet and sand blasting machines.
The water jet cutting was done by Adriatic Stone in Melbourne and the sandblasted patterns done by Maxim Marble and Granite. The first two panels from the front of the display were all water jet cut. The complex dragonfly on the reeds was cut from many pieces which were then all laminated back together.
The water jet cutting took the longest as it is quite complex, especially the second panel (dragon fly on reeds)
Water jet cutting is a very fine stream of water which also contains fine abrasive powder blasted at the material at high pressure, allowing it to cut through steel as well as quartz. Sand blasting is where dry sand mix (abrasive) is used to blast the surface. A very fine stream of sand hits the surface and dependent on pressure and force can do a very fine etch or a more deep pattern.
Both processes are highly controlled and run off a computer design.
Source: BPN
