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What the Stone Remembers

1

Each Piece Cut by Hand

Two thousand individual tesserae, each shaped to fit one exact position in the pattern.

2

The Seam Is the Signature

Pine resin and cedar darken the gaps between stones; no two fractures read the same.

3

Color Drawn from the Earth

Turquoise from the northern highlands, shell from the Gulf waters, ground from the valley floor.

4

Built to Outlast Memory

An unbroken tradition across six centuries. The oldest pieces wear their age like patina.

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