Exploring unique sectors of the stone industry: Antonio Liberta, owner of Blue Horse Marble Inc. of Arlington, WA, prides his company on customized residential stonework, as well as more unusual fabrication jobs for yacht interiors, and more recently, marble and granite guitars.
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Stone World
Publication Date: 01-FEB-08 |
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Full Article Title: Exploring unique sectors of the stone industry: Antonio Liberta, owner of Blue Horse Marble Inc. of Arlington, WA, prides his company on customized residential stonework, as well as more unusual fabrication jobs for yacht interiors, and more recently, marble and granite guitars.(Fabricator Case Study) |
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Working in the stone industry for the past 17 years has given Antonio Liberta a strong background in the trade, along with various opportunities for standing out among his competitors. Today, his company, Blue Horse Marble Inc. of Arlington, WA, has steered away from typical countertop installations, as it gears a vast amount of production towards stonework for yacht interiors. Liberta's newest and perhaps his most unique endeavor, however, is the fabrication of marble and granite guitars, which have been sold to several recording artists thus far, while others will be auctioned off for less fortunate children, according to Liberta.
Liberta's first taste of stonework took place when he was just a teenager working with his father, an Italian stonemason from New York. "He took me to a jobsite at Trump Plaza, and that was the first time I experienced stone," he said. "From there, I started helping him with a few restaurants in Little Italy [in New York City], including work for the S.P.Q.R. restaurant.
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