Marble fireplace from a single stone ?

[YDen]

This fireplace clearly having been constructed from several pieces of hand carved marble, can anybody confirm if such grand designs could be made from a single block of marble please ?

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[awerby]

I suppose it's possible, but there was a reason the original makers did it the way they did. Just handling, shipping and installing such an extended piece of fragile stone would be a big nightmare. What would be the point?

[YDen]

I suppose it's possible, but there was a reason the original makers did it the way they did. Just handling, shipping and installing such an extended piece of fragile stone would be a big nightmare. What would be the point?

An uninterrupted design, which would clearly be an upgrade from the original.

[awerby]

Good luck with that. Better make a few while you're at it, to allow for breakage in transit.

[YDen]

I imagine the failure rate working with a metal like aluminium, compared to natural rock comprised of minerals like marble, is a lot less and so it does make sense, but what techniques can be used to bring that probability to alignment ?

Perhaps slower passes ?