As soon as Altrock, a solid surface material using reclaimed byproducts from natural stone industries, hit our radar we had to know more!

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As soon as Altrock came to our attention, a solid surface material brand using reclaimed byproducts from the natural stone industries, we had to know more. This new marble-based material ? a contemporary take on terrazzo ? offers up beautiful finishes for furniture, worktops, bathroom surfaces, and so much more, with the same hard-wearing surface you would find in the original. To learn more about UK-based Altrock we spoke with Robin Grasby, and picked his brain on the material?s inception, what it took to arrive at this point, and just how Squarespace?s all-in-one website building platform helped out. Photo by Maxwell Anderson
Robin started out by sharing, ?I trained as a cabinet maker and joiner as a teenager, then went on to do my BA in furniture design. I?ve always enjoyed keeping a breadth of variety in the kinds of projects I get involved in, and prior to launching altrock at the end of last year my practice covered bespoke furniture and interior fit outs spanning several sectors. I?ve designed and fabricated, from kitchens and restaurant furniture to house boat and office interiors. I?ve always been too curious to stick to the material discipline I was trained in ...