Bent over a slab of dark granite, carefully chiselling the name of the deceased with practiced precision, 54-year-old Abdul Aziz Kadkol represents a fading tradition of hand-crafted stone carving that ...

XOCHIACA, Mexico -- The sound of hammers and chisels striking stone rings out on most Sundays in the cemetery of ancient Xochiaca, a village swallowed up decades ago by the urban sprawl of Mexico City ...

An ancient stone carving depicting a Scottish warrior at what is believed to have been a "cemetery of the elite" was potentially created to "invoke supernatural protection." The stone was discovered ...

Nestled high in the Colorado Rockies, the annual MARBLE/marble Stone Carving Symposium has drawn sculptors, both professional and aspiring, for decades. It took around a decade for that seed to ...

Handicraft products made from marble and stone in Agra are admired for their refined inlay work, balanced forms, and ...

On three August summer days, stone carver Daniel Miller taught a group of students how to work with sandstone at the historic Hercules #1 Quarry in Tenino. “What I was trying to accomplish was to give ...

In the world of restoration, the most dangerous tool is often a high-pressure power washer. For delicate cornices, extreme pressure can blast away the "patina"—the protective outer layer the stone has ...

So much about life in the digital era is fleeting. This summer, Vermont teens have a chance to create something permanent through a unique free workshop offered at the Carving Studio & Sculpture ...

An 1866 photograph shows the petroglyphs in Brattleboro which are now underwater because of construction of the Vernon Dam. Photo courtesy of the Vermont Historical Society. Editor’s note: Mark ...