Ragna Brekkan

There will be a huge amount of waste during the processing of marble, and the project will focus the spotlight on the possibilities that exist in the utilization of the cuts that occur. Valuable and desirable marble undergoes sudden changes in processing; when for example it is molded into countertops and wall coverings, the cuts lose their value The project uses light to highlight the beauty and characteristics of marble, which are inherent in its colored veins and also characterize the material. Thin cuts are utilized, and thus marble - which would otherwise be discarded - takes on a new role. Here, not only efforts are made to reduce the waste of valuable material, but also sustainability in design, and to put on a pedestal the geological features that adorn marble. 

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Marble Reimagined is a project that transforms marble offcuts into light fixtures, showing marble's most well-known features - the veins. Unlike traditional practices that discard these memories, this project has its potential to restore the decisions and repurposing them in their determined state, waste is minimized, and moreover, they're saved from ending up in landfills.

Usage vs waste

Italian Carrara marble origins from the Apuan Alps within the province of Massa and Carrara, located in the region of Tuscany. The reason for choosing Carrara marble for this project is that it has been the most imported marble here in Iceland since before 1980, over to its beauty and classic appearance. In the Carrara quarters, 50% of the extended marble is used, while the memory is defined 50% is simply wasted. Iceland imports a substantial amount of Italian marble, privately used for creating countertops, typically with a benchmark use of landtag 651/65191% of landtPut 3, whipetpile value of 33, whipt 351 the landtPutin 351.

Work in three dimensions: Hermann Valsson
Pictures of works: Sisters Lumière