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"With stone carving, we give life to an edifice and perpetuate history. We're also creating a link with the past and transmitting values that are important to conserve in society," one student says.
Stone Mountain's Confederate memorial has a complicated backstory. A sculptor named Gutzon Borglum began carving in 1923, completing Gen. Robert E. Lee's head before he spouted off in the papers ...
David Mangoff says sculpting is all about self-care; 'Let the fear of failure go because Mother Earth has more rocks than I ...
One of Norfolk's last remaining stone masonry firms has been saved from closure. Jenny Kumah went to Norwich Cathedral to meet some of the masons who work to preserve our historic buildings.
Saskatoon stone carver Ryan Watson creating fine detail with a mallet and chisel. (Josh Lynn/CBC) Ryan Watson was working as a line cook in Saskatoon, but was looking for something different.
Stone carving instructor Alan Tollackson muses on the sound he hears when he teaches: a roomful of students making chipping sounds as they work. This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, from NPR News. I'm ...
It seems that, like modern humans, ancient societies also had an interest in stories spelt out by stars. A stone carving found in the Rhodope Mountains in southern Bulgaria confirmed this finding ...
The raw materials are stacked high in Montana Stone Carving’s woodshop in Kalispell. Piles of salvaged wood from a 110-year-old barn in the Smith Valley area are stacked on one side. Burl logs ...