stonecutters
Sculptors of rock
Stonecutters is the plural of stonecutter—a person who cuts, carves, or dresses stone for building or sculpture.
The trade requires skill in shaping raw stone into usable blocks or decorative elements: The cathedral employed dozens of stonecutters.
Stonecutters also refers to the tools or machines used in this work.
Edged carving implement
- hammerTool for striking nails
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
- ashlarPrecision-cut building stone
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
trowel · quarry · granite · limestone · sandstone · marble · basalt · slate
Edged carving implement
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
- reliefEasing of distress
glyph · petroglyph · inscribing · incise · groove · cameo · lettering · monument
Edged carving implement
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
- hammerTool for striking nails
- wedgeTapered splitting tool
- pitchingDelivering toward the plate
point · gouge · rasp · file · sandpaper · compass · square · level
Three-dimensional sculpted likeness
- bustFailure or sculpture
- figurineSmall ornamental sculpture
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
alabaster · sculptor · studio · maquette · modeling · polish · patina · effigy
Learner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- masterAuthority or controller
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
tradesman · lodge · fraternity · initiation · secrets · ritual · symbol · emblem
chisel
Edged carving implement
mortar · trowel · quarry · granite · limestone · sandstone · marble · basalt · slate · keystone
chisel
Edged carving implement
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
relief · glyph · petroglyph · inscribing · incise · groove · cameo · lettering · monument · headstone
chisel
Edged carving implement
pitching · point · gouge · rasp · file · sandpaper · compass · square · level · template
statue
Three-dimensional sculpted likeness
granite · alabaster · sculptor · studio · maquette · modeling · polish · patina · effigy · monolith
apprentice
Learner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- masterAuthority or controller
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
artisan · tradesman · lodge · fraternity · initiation · secrets · ritual · symbol · emblem · oath
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- legacyWhat's passed down
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
antiquity · cathedral · castle · pyramid · temple · ziggurat · acropolis · ancient · medieval · renaissance
- stone workersmasons, stonemasons, quarrymen
- Italian DiasporaItalian Americans, Italian immigration, Italian heritage, Italian communities, Little Italy
- VermontMontpelier, Burlington, maple syrup, covered bridges, fall foliage
- canal buildersnavvies
- canal workerslock keeper, bargeman, dredger, navvy, navvies
stonecutterswoodworkers
Artisans who craft timber
carpenters · metalworkers · bricklayers · glassblowers · plasterers