Stone, lit from within.

Lit from behind, stone becomes light.

Lit from the front, onyx is a beautiful stone. Lit from behind, it becomes light itself. The veining glows. The piece becomes the room.

The reason it is rare is that almost everything has to be right. The slab has to be selected for translucency, not just appearance. The thickness has to be calibrated — too thick and the piece goes dead, too thin and it loses depth. The light source has to be even across the panel, with no hot spots, no banding, no colour drift over time. The substrate has to breathe with the stone. The joints have to disappear.

We do this work as a specialist discipline, not as a one-off. The portfolio is built on it.

Five disciplines, one panel.

1. Slab curation. We source onyx and alabaster blocks selected for translucency and veining behaviour under light. The slab you back-light is not the slab you front-light.
2. Calibration. We test each panel on a backlight rig before approval, against the lighting plan for your room.
3. Lighting design. LED systems specified for colour temperature, dimming behaviour, longevity, and even diffusion. Drivers and access detailed at design stage, not site stage.
4. Engineering. Substrate, ventilation, fixings, and access for re-lamping over a 10–15 year horizon.
5. Installation. Our team. The seam between two onyx panels is the moment the whole installation succeeds or fails.

The integration risk, removed.

Backlit stone is most often lost at the integration stage — between the stone fabricator, the lighting designer, the joiner, and the contractor. We sit in all four seats. Specify Networkistic on a backlit element and the integration risk is removed at appointment.