POULTNEY, Vt. (AP) — Poultney sculptor Kerry O. Furlani is preserving the ancient art of letter carving in slate, bringing a contemporary edge to a New England tradition. Furlani said she discovered ...

“Slate carving predated the emergence of the Vermont Marble Company. Slate carving is older than marble carving.” Besides being a smaller medium, Fannin said slate is ideal for carving monuments. “You ...

Poultney sculptor Kerry O. Furlani is preserving the ancient art of letter carving in slate, bringing a contemporary edge to a New England tradition. Furlani said she discovered her love of letters at ...

For more than 150 years, granite has shaped life in Barre. Generations of central Vermonters have quarried, cut and carved the stone.

Letterpress and letter carving expert Jesse Marsolais gave a demonstration of stone carving in conjunction with the Haas Arts Library’s new exhibition “Learning from Letterforms: Past & Present.” ...

The discovery of a carved stone in ancient Magdala has given archaeologists a rare, almost cinematic glimpse into how Jews in the Second Temple period may have pictured the sacred menorah in Jerusalem ...

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 ...