Close up of stone sculpture

Sculpture

The designs on this style of monument carving are hand chiseled by a stone sculptor.


Flat Carving monument close-up

Flat Carving

This is the most basic type of carving.  It is a line drawing that is sandblast carved into the monument.


Shaped carving

Shaped Carving

This type of carving is done by sandblasting with a small hand held tool to enable the memorial artist to three dimensionally shape the design.


Etching monument close-up

Etching

A diamond tipped hand etching tool or a computer driven laser is used to engrave the image onto the monument.