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  • The Smeralda (emerald) wall light has clear-cut and essential lines that emphasise the fine material rendering of handworked Sardinian basalt with cracked openings that shed the light in the room with an impressive scenic effect.

  • The Onda (wave) wall light has clear-cut and essential lines that emphasise the fine material rendering of the hand-worked Sardinian biancone marble with a cracked front curvature that sheds the light into the room with an impressive scenic effect.

  • Trachite, the wall light made from a single block of marble, has essential clear-cut lines and features a fine combination of straight lines and curves. Handcrafted, it comes in two possible LED variants: cold and warm light.

  • This handcrafted cylindrical shaped standing lamp in Sardinian granite with a 360-degree light diffuser combines striking aesthetics with great functionality. It is part of the Nur-Hag collection of lamps in local stone, characterised by striking and original solid and sculptural forms.

  • La linea innovativa a forma di sfera della lampada in marmo per esterni restituisce il pregio esclusivo della manifattura artigianale, riconoscibile in tutta la collezione Nur-Hag, caratterizzata dall’aspetto scultoreo applicato con raffinata progettazione a forme geometriche solide fess

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Stone is part of the beautiful landscape of Sardinia and it has always been used as a functional resource and means of expression in the local culture.
As with other crafts, the practical and stylistic evolution of stone processing has followed a trend of archaic origin. The majestic megalithic constructions of the Muragic period embellish the scenery of Sardinia, being enigmatic symbols of an ancient people who used to craft stone and left the precious design of its vital contexts. Stone was a functional element of daily life and spiritual, ritual and sacred activities.
Over the centuries, the use of stone has followed local historical events. The main influences have left tangible signs in the architecture built by the Romans, the Pisans, the Aragonese, until the age of Savoy. Particularly important on the island landscape are the religious structured built by the Pisans with the contribution of foreign workers and which are embellished with decorative elements, finely carved in stone, large symbolic repertoires of medieval patters, with plant, zoomorphic, anthropomorphic and geometric motifs, which were included and became part of crafts, such as carving and weaving. Typical are also the decorative elements of Catalan style embellishing the main civil and religious buildings of the island. The lintels of windows and doors, the capitals and bases of columns, carved in red trachyte from Fordongianus or the basaltic lava from Abbasanta, are a valuable and impressive testimony to this history.
 
Nowadays, stone is interpreted as a new resource of the crafts sector, in particular included into architectural contexts and for residential, public and private use. The technological evolution of the sector can adapt processes and products to the different needs of everyday life, where the aesthetic value combine the usability of stone, with its local peculiarities. The strength of the material is combined with the aesthetic preciousness of great visual impact, with forms that start from nature and are transformed, smoothed, engraved, cut so as to create new features and aesthetic interpretations.