Mosaic and inlay work is what a waterjet is for. The machine cuts a stream of water and abrasive along a path fine enough to produce a joint you have to look for, which means a pattern assembled from six different marbles can read as a single carved surface rather than a set of tiles pushed together.
The common jobs are floor medallions — a centred pattern in an entrance hall or under a dome — borders that frame a room and resolve the awkward perimeter cut, and inlaid lettering or logos in commercial floors. All three are cut as a set, dry-laid at the works to check the fit, then numbered and delivered as a kit for the fixer to lay in sequence.
The design constraint is contrast rather than complexity. A pattern drawn with six stones of similar tone will look like a smudge from standing height no matter how finely it is cut. Two or three stones with genuinely different values — a white marble, a black, and one accent — will read clearly across a room. Bring the design to K2 before it is finalised and the office will tell you honestly whether it will show.
Inlay is also the practical way to handle a floor that changes material. Rather than butting marble against timber and hoping the movement joint stays invisible, a stone border resolves the transition deliberately.
Specification at a glance
- Waterjet cut for fine, tight joints
- Medallions, borders, lettering and logos
- Any combination of stones in the catalogue
- Dry-laid and numbered before delivery
- Supplied as a kit with a laying sequence
- Bring artwork as a vector file where possible
Work out what you need
Send the artwork or a sketch, and K2 will advise on stone contrast and quote the cutting.