Techniques 2

THE VENETIAN FLOOR (TERRAZZO) or SEMINATO with cement method

This technique was first introduced at the beginning of the 1900's, when cement was applied as a bounding element. The novelty was that you could obtain a vast range of chromatics in the decorations, not only by altering the colour of the marble but also that of the binding iron oxides.

This method can be divided in four phases:

[ 1 ] How to obtain the foundation [ 2 ] Marking out the decorations [ 3 ] Setting of the decorations [ 4 ] Smoothing