STONE LETTER CARVING WORKSHOP

The Stone Letter Carving Workshop will take place in the Granite Museum and Stone Art School. It will be given by Homer Peake, a skilled “old school” Barre stone carver familiar with contemporary techniques. Homer is an instructor at the Stone Arts School. The workshop is conceived to provide a grounding in the basics of letter carving to stonemasons who might wish to expand their repertory of skills and be able to carve monuments, gravestones and signage. Students will learn the fundamentals and some fine points: letter styles, how to lay out inscriptions, preparations for carving, and the carving itself, using pneumatic carving tools. Students can bring their own tools if they have them, but Trow and Holden will be making basic tool kits available at a discounted price.