TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Two master gemstone carvers, two distinctly different carving styles, both take the art of carving and elevate it to a whole new level. Based in ...

An 1866 photograph shows the petroglyphs in Brattleboro which are now underwater because of construction of the Vernon Dam. Photo courtesy of the Vermont Historical Society. Editor’s note: Mark ...

Harold Van Pelt is known worldwide for taking illuminating photographs of gems and minerals. However, he’s not as well known for the delicate carvings he makes out of the precious rock. It’s a hobby ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “There is no room for error; it is not like a drawing that can be erased. Perhaps that makes the piece ...

Recently, Naomi Sarna has been working on a grapefruit-size sculpture of a Siamese fighting fish, coaxing it from a piece of blue chalcedony. By Felicia Craddock Jade from the Kunlun Mountains in ...

Conservators working at a castle in northwestern England have managed to rescue some unusual medieval stone carvings that were in danger of being destroyed by the elements. Built in 1092 by William II ...

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A small town in Central Mexico is home to around 200 open-air carving workshops, from which an astonishing array of sculptures continuously emerges. Leonel Uribe Franco works on a carving in an ...

Excavations in Tel Dor have turned up a rare and unexpected work of Hellenistic art: a precious stone bearing the miniature carved likeness of Alexander the Great. Archaeologists are calling it an ...