Vicenza stone is a sedimentary stone which maintains, in its inner side, fossils and shells. lt Is quarried from tunnels spread in the Berici Hills, placed in the middle of the Pianura Padana. This stone has always been used by the most famous architects to decorate villas and gardens, which ore renown, all over the world, as the stone they are decorated with. lt Is sculpturing this ancient material that we run over its history ago in, rediscovering forgiven customs and trades. lt is for this reason that we chose materials which are closed to men’s liFe, as stones, steel, wood and finally glass. All worked-by-hand materials not for necessity but for cultural expression. In this new collection Officine Creative presents a production moving from the contemporary sculpture to design. All handcraft elements in which study and creativity melt to the hand-work.

Andrea Rimondo was born in 1972, in Este.
As a child he cultivates a deep passion for art and in particular for drawing.
Following his inclination he graduated as "Maestro d'arte".
Painter, engraver and sculptor, Andrea studies this last passion in depth, getting in touch, among several materials, with Vicenza stone. He enhanced it by bringing it in the interior decoration field as work of art and useful handcraft.

Andrea Rimondo has entirely designed this new collection of stone carving objects for interior design. His latest work was the monumental fountain for AVIS in Boara Pisani (PD) (2005) in Vicenza stone presently, besides his first passion being carving, he is into architecture and headstone matter restoration.

Stone Contemporary Carving
Contemporary Stone Carving is a craftwork totally handmade on the block the shapes come alive the moment the artist begins to shape his first ideas on the earth he creates by moulding rubbing up engraving trying to make real the shape in his hands in order to get nature’s strength and again removing matter as what he is looking for is just the essente the lines and bilance between past andpresent and again fossils shells sea air and sand the artist hits the hammer with energy and vigour shifting his work onto the mattermodern carving made of full and empty of shadows and light, ancient matter taking shape mixing itself blow after blow, chisel afterchisel; with energy and vigour making these works alive and unique.