Mortadello combines a number of personal passions; stone, colour, geometry, and generally getting dirty!
In-between my professional trades as a carpenter and music producer, my experiments began with rose pink coloured spherical stools. After cutting back the aggregate and adding a splash of water, I uncovered what appeared to be a cross section of deli-meat!
Mortadello was born.
Mortadello is a composite material consisting of stone chips and pigment, poured with specialised concrete-based binder. Poured in place or precast, it can be used for a number of floor and wall application.
This arduous 4 week process involves wet grinding and polishing by hand, followed by a curing process, before a final sealer can be applied.
Broadsheet visits Mortadello Terazzo in his studio to find out how he hand makes his colourful creations,
his approach to challenging the perception of concrete being a drab material, and the support he gets from his co-worker – Mia, the dog.
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