Over the past 30 years, local artisans have started experimenting with a more modern approach to stonemasonry, too. One of the first was sculptor Renzo Buttazzo, now in his 60s, who greets me the ...

What at first seemed like simple old iron pieces turned out to be a complete stonemasonry tool kit, the first of its kind found in pre-Roman Dacia and one of the most complete from European antiquity.

The story centers on 91-year-old Agnes Weisgut, the matriarch of a Hamburg-based stonemasonry business. "Death was Agnes' business," states the blurb of the book. The aging woman decides to make a ...

Proceedings in motion after Pope's death, a monthly snapshot not representative of police recruitment and concern of decline in teacher numbers. People keen to learn about the ancient art of ...

Last year, stonemasonry company LH Holding Management Pty Ltd was fined $1.3 million, in what was the state's first workplace manslaughter case. Laith Hanna, the owner of the Somerton business ...

Charlie, of Bath, Somerset, said: "Seeing my dad work definitely influenced me to get involved in stonemasonry. "When I was five years old, we actually moved from Bath to Tuscany for six years for ...

They hope the Heritage Skills At Risk Register will help keep thatching, traditional stained and leaded glass making, architectural blacksmithing, and stonemasonry alive. Demand for such skills is ...

The organisation recently conducted an audit of stonemasonry provision in Cumbria and identified approximately 25 operational stonemasonry businesses in the county. These findings indicate that ...

Joshua Suwa worked in stonemasonry for over a decade before his silicosis diagnosis took him out of the industry. Photo: Supplied The analysis, published in the American Journal of Industrial ...

The programme has trained 40 Syrians in stonemasonry, a vital skill for restoring the country’s historic sites. Darlington says that the WMF is collaborating with international partners to ...

Heritage buildings earned Kingston, Ont., its nickname, the "Limestone City" — but starting this spring the local program training the workers needed to maintain so many landmarks will stop ...