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  2. Marbleizing - Wikipedia

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    Marbleizing (also spelt marbleising [1]) or faux marbling is the preparation and finishing of a surface to imitate the appearance of polished marble.It is typically used in buildings where the cost or weight of genuine marble would be prohibitive.

  3. Faux painting - Wikipedia

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    Faux painting became popular in classical times in the forms of faux marble, faux wood, and trompe-l'œil murals. Artists would apprentice for 10 years or more with a master faux painter before working on their own. Great recognition was awarded to artists who could actually trick viewers into believing their work was the real thing.

  4. Marbling - Wikipedia

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    Marbleizing, also called faux marbling, the art of painting walls or furniture to look like real marble Paper marbling , a method of aqueous surface design in which paper or fabric is decorated with a spotted pattern similar to stone, as well as other swirled and combed patterns

  5. Artificial stone - Wikipedia

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    Engineered stone is the latest development of artificial stone. A mix of marble or quartz powder, resin, and pigment is cast using vacuum oscillation to form blocks. Slabs are then produced by cutting, grinding, and polishing.

  6. Marble - Wikipedia

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    Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals ... This stem is also the ancestor of the English word "marmoreal", meaning "marble-like." [8] ...

  7. Thomas Kershaw - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Kershaw (1819–1898) was a leading British pioneer of marbleising, the creation of imitation marble finishes. He was born in Standish, Lancashire. From the age of 12, he served as an apprentice in Bolton to John Platt, a painter and decorator. During his nine-year apprenticeship, he bought graining tools with money earned from painting ...

  8. Husband arrested over Thai woman's 2004 death - AOL

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    The British husband of a Thai woman whose body was found in the Yorkshire Dales more than 20 years ago has been arrested on suspicion of her murder.

  9. Polychrome - Wikipedia

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    There, faux marble columns are made from wood pillars that are covered in a layer of polychrome stucco, a mixture of plaster, lime, and pigment. When these ingredients are mixed, a homogenous-coloured paste is created. To achieve the marble look, thinner batches of darker and lighter paste are made, so that veins begin to appear.