{"id":12633,"date":"2025-07-18T05:38:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T22:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/hand-chiseled-marble-washbasin-looks-so-stunning-youll-think-it-was-cnc-machined\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T05:38:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T22:38:05","slug":"hand-chiseled-marble-washbasin-looks-so-stunning-youll-think-it-was-cnc-machined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/hand-chiseled-marble-washbasin-looks-so-stunning-youll-think-it-was-cnc-machined\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand-chiseled Marble Washbasin looks so stunning you\u2019ll think it was CNC Machined"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>What Kreoo is doing is the antithesis of industrialism. Instead of making things easier using machines, the company is taking a 180\u00b0 and going back to the basics. Marble as a material has been a symbol of the elite for millennia (marble quarries can be found to date back as early as the 7th century BC), and for the most part of its existence, it\u2019s been manipulated by tools held by expertly guided hands.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past century, however, marble\u2019s become more democratic. Machines \u2018harvest\u2019 marble from the earth, carry them to factories, where other specialist machines carve out the shapes in a matter of hours. A process that once took months (if not years) now can be procured for a couple of hundred bucks on some atelier website. What Kreoo attempts at doing is reclaiming marble\u2019s rank in the echelon of greats. And it does so, not by using the \u2018highest quality marble\u2019 from the most sought-after quarry in Italy\u2026 but instead, by returning to tradition in a way that commands respect, just because of the weeks and months of expertise and literal sweat that goes into building each washbasin.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: Christophe Pillet for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kreoo.com\/\">Kreoo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The washbasin\u2019s design looks fairly unassuming if you analyze just the silhouette, but hit the dramadic lighting and you see the staggering detail that makes it so noteworthy. Inspired by the grid-shaped patterns found on the inside of the Pantheon\u2019s dome, the Dawn Freestanding Washbasin employs a similar soft ornamental grid that wraps seamlessly along the side of the basin. Except it doesn\u2019t end there \u2013 step closer and you see that the pattern has its own micro-detailing, designed to look like the washbasin was carved by a computer-controlled drill or a CNC machine.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t begin to imagine the hours that must have gone into individually carve all those grooves to sheer perfection, mimicking machines rather than having the machines mimic humans. The texture\u2019s left unpolished, while the basin is capped with two polished blocks \u2013 on the top and on the bottom \u2013 that complete it. Although not shown in these images, the washbasin comes in 4 marble variants \u2013 Bianco del Re, Bianco Perla, Bianco Carrara, and a gorgeous dark Nero Marquina.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The entire basin stands at an impressive 35.5 inches tall, and weighs 157 kilograms or 346 lb. Pricing hasn\u2019t been mentioned on Kreoo\u2019s website, but don\u2019t expect the Dawn to be even remotely affordable. This thing was literally made for a different class of people \u2013 the equivalent of the kind who would commission marble sculptures for their houses in ancient Greece and Rome\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/07\/17\/hand-chiseled-marble-washbasin-looks-so-stunning-youll-think-it-was-cnc-machined\/\">Hand-chiseled Marble Washbasin looks so stunning you\u2019ll think it was CNC Machined<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/\">Yanko Design<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Kreoo is doing is the antithesis of industrialism. Instead of making things easier using machines, the company is taking a 180\u00b0 and going back to the basics. 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