A Saudi sculptor who spent eight years carving the words of the Holy Qur'an onto 30 marble slabs hopes Guinness World Records will recognise his feat. Husban bin Ahmad Al-Enizi's started sculpting 20 ...
At Aswan’s quarry, we test the dolerite ball theory where Egypt’s largest obelisk lies unfinished. Could this be how ancient engineers shaped granite?
Anita Denholm is carving a 2-metre-tall statue from grey granite that she says will be "fairly permanent". "This piece will outlast all of us, being the granite that it is — it's one of the hardest ...
Awatercolorist stationed with her easel on the banks of a river. A potter intently focused on the wheel, hands immersed in cool wet clay. An oil painter positioning his still-life items at just the ...
DESCANSO, Calif. (KGTV) — A Descanso man has finished carving a Buddha statue into a granite boulder in his backyard. “Buddha is in every tree just looking at you like every rock,” said artist Duncan ...
Jackie Flanagan Pangelinan, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Two brothers set about chiseling slabs of milky gray limestone, each using a hammer bluntly pounding the end of a long ...
Barre, VT sculptor Heather Ritchie brings a unique vision to traditional stone art. In Barre, Vermont, you can’t say the word art without thinking granite. As an innovative sculptor, Heather Ritchie ...
Jay Haidari switched from cars to carving and cutting when he realized his hobby could become a career. Haidari is co-owner of Upstate Granite and Marble, a Henrietta shop that sells and designs ...