The craft, tool by tool.
Chisels, splitting, polishing, and lettering — the four skills that turn a block into a face.
Chisels
The point, the claw, and the flat — the three edges that start every carve.
starter kitSplitting & pitching
Reading the grain and striking along it — how a block becomes slabs.
the old wayPolishing
From sawn to mirror — the grit ladder that brings out a stone's face.
grit 50→3000Lettering
Cutting letters into stone, one V-cut at a time, the way masons always did.
V-cut