Washington Musonza, a stone sculptor, has carved out a name in Zimbabwe's renowned stone sculpture tradition. The 58-year-old artist's dynamic work ranges from abstract to figurative pieces, drawing ...

It’s a romantic notion to put to a sculptor. When presented with a piece of marble or stone, does Joseph Hayton see the sculpture hiding in there somehow? Did you know with a Digital subscription to ...

Sitting under a large canopy tent in Montreal's Place d'Armes, Danny Barber, with his hammer and chisel in hand, worked away at his sculpture of a goldfinch perched on a tuque. This is his fourteenth ...

It’s the tomb that keeps on giving. More than two years since its discovery, a treasure-filled Greek tomb has offered up perhaps its most significant find to date: a Minoan stone carving so ...

Stone sculptures decorate some of the landmarks in Da Nang, marking the city as the country’s stone craft centre. Stone sculptures decorate some of the landmarks in Đà Nẵng, marking the city as the ...

A silent face has resurfaced after more than 11,000 years underground. In the arid hills of southeastern Turkey, ...

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Since the Stone Age, stones have been the bearer of culture and the earliest civilisations. Over time, aside from making weapons, humans began to incorporate stones into building shelters. Later on, ...

The famous outdoor relief sculpture depicting Confederate leaders on Stone Mountain in Georgia has come under attack from the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP. The chapter’s leader is calling for the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A weighty stone carved with a mysterious pattern that may be writing has been discovered in a ...

Every so often, when the tide rolls out or a big storm rolls through, a scattering of peculiar faces pop up out of the sand in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. The origin of these mysterious, sometimes ...

The days of a stone-carving class at the Laguna College of Art and Design are numbered. After consulting with staff, LCAD President Jonathan Burke decided to end the class on June 30, citing health ...