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The links
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http://www.graverpress.com/
This describes a new study of early New England gravestones and the men who made them: "From Slate to Marble: Gravestone Carving Traditions in Eastern Massachusetts, 1770-1870" ISBN: 978-0-9772031-0-9 You can examine reviews, a complete sample chapter, sample images from the 600-character lettering catalog (10 characters x 60 carvers), sample gravestone images, and a more complete description of the book's content. AN EARLY AMERICAN CRAFT & ART HISTORY: This is the only comprehensive study of New England gravestones and gravestone carvers for this region and this time period. The work of 55 different carvers is documented. ACCOMPANYING CD-ROM: Besides the gravestone database, this contains over 750 high-resolution color images and 150 pages of supporting appendices. PRODUCTION QUALITY: 8.5" x 11", 480pp., cloth only, smyth-sewn, 300+ duotone illustrations on coated stock, printed endpapers, high-quality photographic images.
Location: USA (Illinois).
3473. Updated 25-Jan-2008 by James Blachowicz. Last checked 28-Jun-2008. -
http://www.marble-institute.com/
The Marble Institute of America (MIA), the international association for the natural stone industry, serves as the most trusted resource on standards of natural stone workmanship and practice. It vigorously promotes the use of natural stone in commercial and residential settings on behalf of its members worldwide. Benefits of membership include professional prestige, expert technical guidance, Internet marketing exposure on MIA web sites, group buying discounts, savings on MIA technical and promotional publications, advertising opportunities within MIA's monthly newsletter, networking opportunities, and discounted admission to StonExpo, the premier trade show of the natural stone industry.
Location: USA.
291. Updated 03-Apr-2003 by Garis F. Distelhorst. Last checked 28-Jun-2008. -
http://www.quarriesandbeyond.org/articles_and_books/marble_workers_manual/mwh-contents.html
Designed for the Use of Marble-Workers, Builders, and Owners of Houses. Containing practical information respecting marbles in general; their cutting, working, and polishing; veneering of marble; painting upon and coloring of marble; mosaics; composition and use of artificial marble, stuccos, cements, receipts, secrets, etc., etc. Translated from the French, By M. L. Booth, with an Appendix Concerning American Marbles. Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., New-York, 1856.
Location: USA (California).
1723. Updated 15-Jan-2008 by Peggy B. Perazzo. Last checked 28-Jun-2008. -
http://www.nationalsculptorsguild.com/
Location: USA.
2647. Updated 09-Apr-2005 Last checked 28-Jun-2008. -
http://stonecarversguild.com/
A group of independent working professional carvers based throughout the United States.
Location: USA.
2580. Updated 04-Jan-2005 Last checked 28-Jun-2008. -
http://www.stonefoundation.org/
THE STONE FOUNDATION is a society of stonemasons and others involved with and /or interested in stone, stonework and stone art. MEMBERS include professional and amateur craftsmen and craftswomen, architects, landscape architects and designers, contractors, stone suppliers, quarriers, sculptors and other artists, archaeologists, geologists and aficionados from many walks of life. STONEXUS Magazine, a highly regarded compendium of stone lore is the society's periodical publication.
Location: USA.
2140. Updated 19-Jul-2006 by Tomas Lipps. Last checked 28-Jun-2008. -
http://www.quarriesandbeyond.org
Stone Quarries and Beyond focuses on historic stone quarries (and some interesting quarries of today), stone workers/companies, and related subjects such as geology and research resources. The "Quarry Articles" section presents articles, booklets, photographs and links from the late 1800s to early 1900s, including the 1856 "The Marble-Workers' Manual."
Location: USA (California).
1294. Updated 15-Jan-2008 by Peggy B. Perazzo. Last checked 28-Jun-2008. -
http://www.stonewall.uconn.edu/
The Stone Wall Initiative promotes the appreciation, investigation, and conservation of stone walls in New England, USA.
Location: USA (New England).
3140. Updated 26-Jul-2006 Last checked 28-Jun-2008. -
http://visitmainetoday.com/site-edit/stonecuttersonline/
This web site was developed to help preserve the memories, contributionss and hard work of the granite, limestone, slate and marble and other dimensionl stone quarry workers of the United States and Canada. The site was also developed for the group to begin to think of building a national museum dedicated to the stone workers of North America, past and present. Stonecuttersonline is also a virtual resource of collecting names of ancestors and their contributions to the industry and their labor unions.
Location: USA.
3554. Updated 14-Feb-2008 by Dorothea McKenzie. Last checked 28-Jun-2008.
