One way would be to use luan plywood over a form made from plywood, then all you would need to do would be us 3/4 foam cut into stone size pieces to dress it up with a little great stuff in between.

great stuff work alot like foam if allowed to fully expand, but if it is pushed down during expansion 9as for grout line) it is harder more like a plastic.

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