stonecutting
Shaping rock professionally
Stonecutting is the craft of shaping stone for construction or decorative purposes.
A stonecutter uses chisels, saws, and other tools to cut and dress raw stone into blocks, slabs, or ornamental pieces.
The trade requires knowing how different stones fracture and finish: He learned stonecutting from his grandfather, who worked in marble.
Recrystallized limestone rock
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
- bustFailure or sculpture
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
alabaster · limestone · figurine · relief · sculptor · carving · intaglio · cameo
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
- slateFissile metamorphic rock
travertine · soapstone · onyx · quartzite · bluestone · brownstone · fieldstone · freestone
Edged carving implement
- malletSoft-headed striking tool
- hammerTool for striking nails
- quarryPit for extracting rock
- carvingShaping by cutting away
polishing · saw · gouge · abrasive · tooling · workbench · pitching · pointing
Precision-cut building stone
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
- lintelBeam over an opening
- copingManaging under strain
grout · veneer · facade · plinth · rubble · coursing · jointing · bedding
Vertical structural element
- capitalWealth used for investment
- architraveLowest entablature element
- entablatureBeam structure on columns
- corniceOrnamental upper trim
frieze · pediment · pilaster · balustrade · portico · fluting · tympanum · tracery
marble
Recrystallized limestone rock
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
- bustFailure or sculpture
granite · alabaster · limestone · figurine · relief · sculptor · carving · intaglio · cameo · inscription
granite
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
slate · travertine · soapstone · onyx · quartzite · bluestone · brownstone · fieldstone · freestone · flagstone
chisel
Edged carving implement
carving · polishing · saw · gouge · abrasive · tooling · workbench · pitching · pointing · rasp
ashlar
Precision-cut building stone
coping · grout · veneer · facade · plinth · rubble · coursing · jointing · bedding · quoin
column
Vertical structural element
- capitalWealth used for investment
- architraveLowest entablature element
- entablatureBeam structure on columns
cornice · frieze · pediment · pilaster · balustrade · portico · fluting · tympanum · tracery · mullion
gemstone
Ornamental cut mineral
tumbling · jeweler · loupe · grinding · lapping · bezel · brilliance · carat · clarity · inclusion
- masonrymason, brick, bricks, mortar, cement
- stone industryquarry, quarries, quarrying, slabs, slab
- stonemasonryashlar, fieldstone, flagstone, keystone, mortar
- stoneworkmasonry, stones, granite, limestone, carving
- craftssewing, knitting, painting, glue, scissors
- ancient craftspottery, mosaics, weaving, carpentry, blacksmithing
stonecuttingwoodworking
Craft of shaping lumber
woodcarving · carpentry · metalworking · glassblowing · ceramics
stone, cutting, cutter, cornerstone, headstone, gravestone, stoneware, millstone, stonework