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  2. The John Stevens Shop - Wikipedia

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    Grave marker carved by the John Stevens Shop in 1762. Stone located in Ye Antientist Burial Ground, New London. A Newport native, Benson studied at the Newport Art Association, the National Academy of Design, and the Art Students League of New York. He became an internationally renowned stone carver, designer, and calligrapher.

  3. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Stone Mountain, Georgia, site of granite quarrying from the 1830s. Its granite was used in the locks of the Panama Canal and in steps to the U.S. Capitol building. The mountain is known for its Confederate memorial carving started by Gutzon Borglum and for association with the Ku Klux Klan revival in 1916.

  4. Stone carving - Wikipedia

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    Stone carver carving stone, at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, 1909. The Kilmartin Stones in Scotland - a collection of ancient stone carved graveslabs Khazneh structure carved into a cliff in Petra southern Jordan. Stone carving is an activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by

  5. Stone sculpture - Wikipedia

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    A stone sculpture is an object made of stone which has been shaped, usually by carving, or assembled to form a visually interesting three-dimensional shape. Stone is more durable than most alternative materials, making it especially important in architectural sculpture on the outside of buildings.

  6. Haida argillite carvings - Wikipedia

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    The quarry is owned by the Haida who have the sole right to use the substance from that quarry for carving. Today argillite carvings are sold in galleries and fine art stores and take on more traditional Haida forms. Haida artists have been carving the black slate of the island of Haida Gwaii for several hundred years. From its conception, the ...

  7. Category:Stone carvers - Wikipedia

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    American gravestone carvers (3 P) Pages in category "Stone carvers" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.

  8. Piccirilli Brothers - Wikipedia

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    In 1888, Giuseppe Piccirilli (1844–1910), [1] a well-known stone carver in Massa and a veteran of Garibaldi's Unification war, brought his family to New York City. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Giuseppe, who was born in Rome and received his early training in the atelier of Roman sculptor Stefano Galletti, came from a long line of stone carvers, unbroken ...

  9. Marble Cliff Quarry Co. - Wikipedia

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    The company grew through the expansion of stone grades from one to six and market-specific divisions that cater their products to specific industries, and at one point employed as many as 500 men. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] By 1928, Marble Cliff Quarry was producing 3 million tons of stone per year, and purchased land in Muskingum County to expand their ...

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