Fauxing
non-marble
things, like wooden columns, to look like marble is
called Marblizing. It's a very fun and creative- but intensive-
process. We apply many layers of different colors of paint to the
piece so it all comes together to look like mable. Each marblized
piece we do is absolutely unique- even if we use the same colors, same
techniques and even did the same finish the day before! Marblizing
truly brings out the artist in us because we are creating a piece of
'marble' from purely our own imagination.
Marble fauxs are finishes we like to have a
lot of client input on because we want our clients to absolutely LOVE
the marblized piece rather than feel it would be great if only that part was different. A pefect
example are the marble columns with the wooden bases below: the one on
the left has a brighter copper ribbon, while the one in the middle has
a more antiqued look to the copper ribbon. They are the same column
but the client had to make the call whether to leave the ribbon plain
copper or antique it- she chose the antiquing!
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