The Aprilia workshop — a Michelessi vision
The First Cut
of the Slab
The workshop lies in half-light and a single beam falls on the block: the milling head descends on the stone, sparks fan out and the dust catches fire like gold in the vapour. This is the moment when marble stops being a block and begins to become a project: the first cut decides everything, and that is why we guard it like a rite.
The first cut is the most delicate stage of marble working: the veining is read, the side from which to open the block is chosen, and a decision is made on how much stone to leave for the work still to come. In our workshop, technology does not replace craftsmanship: it amplifies it, lends it constancy and measure, and the expert eye stays beside the machine from the first pass to the last.