Backlit Onyx: An Entire Wall That Glows

Backlit onyx: an entire wall is a glowing stone. A 4-meter high, 7-meter wide onyx wall, composed of book-matched slabs continuously cut from the same raw stone, 20mm thick, with uniformly dimmable LEDs behind. When the lights are on, the natural stratification, cloudy patterns, and subtle fissures of the stone all become translucent, displaying a gradient of honey, amber, and caramel; when the lights are off, it is merely a light-colored stone wall. The rarity and size of the raw stone determine the value of this wall—it is rare to find a single stone that can yield seven meters of continuously book-matched slabs. The wall is detached at the top and bottom to conceal the lighting. The surrounding space is darkened. Avoid: uneven backlighting causing bright spots, using artificial imitation stone, non-continuous slab patterns, the wall extending from floor to ceiling.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面高 4 公尺、寬 7 公尺的縞瑪瑙牆,由同一塊原石連續剖開的板材對紋拼成,厚 20mm,背後是均勻可調光的 LED。燈亮時石材的天然層理、雲霧狀紋路與細微裂隙全部透出來,呈現蜜糖、琥珀與焦糖的漸層;燈滅時只是一面淺色的石牆。原石的稀有度與尺寸決定了這面牆的價值——同一塊石頭能開出七公尺連續對紋的並不多。牆的上下脫開藏光。周邊空間壓暗。避免:背光不均出現亮斑、使用人造仿製石材、板材紋理不連續對接、牆面落地到頂。