Margraf stole the scene in Valletta late last year, with the "The Knot". The artwork was placed in Castille Place, in Malta. Designed by Vincent Briffa, the work is a knot symbolising the unbreakable bond between Europe and Africa. Bianco Carrara marble, the same marble used by Michelangelo for David and Pietà, was chosen for its pureness, brightness and hardness.
The artwork took several months of work at the Margraf plant in Chiampo, near Vicenza, where a team of company technicians and a sculptor shaped a single block of marble weighing 34 tons. The first stage was done with a cutting-edge machine that uses slack diamond wire cutting technology. The working of the block followed, which is done by sculptor Enrico Pasquale by hand.
