"It's one of the most important historic artifacts that I've ever handled." In 1913, workers were carrying out excavations ...

A look at some of the last stone carvers working in the United States, those completing the sculptures adorning the Washington National Cathedral. They discuss their craft and the cultural forces ...

It was thick in the air and clung to the hair, clothes and goggles of the stone carvers finishing up a long day of chiseling and pounding limestone at Burcham Park. The residue and the stone chips ...

“The earlier name of Kallukaarar Mettu Theru (Stone Carvers’ Street) has gone because most of the stone carvers have left,” says N Madhuranayagam, a scion of the distinguished Kalvarayan ...

Set and written in the 1970s, A Stone Carver examines an issue that's even more in the news today: the government's power to seize properties for urban development. When a town wants to build a ...

For thousands of years, sculptors and architects in India have used stone because of its durability. Until 2500 some years ...

The Green Man was originally carved and fitted to cover up a crack in one of the arched windows on the outside of Fountains Abbey. The statue itself is a man's head, with vines flowing out of his ...

The historic buildings of London, including such landmarks as Buckingham Palace, owe a lot to a dedicated team of stone-carvers and their skills. With a world-class sculpture garden and a new ...