stoneworkers

Carvers of granite

Stoneworkers are people who cut, shape, or build with stone.

The term covers masons, sculptors, quarry workers, and others whose trade involves working stone by hand or machine: The cathedral employed dozens of stoneworkers over the centuries of its construction.

carving

chisel

Edged carving implement

malletSoft-headed striking tool
gougeConcave carving blade
bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly

relief · intaglio · cameo · engraving · etching · inlay · fluting · grooving · scoring · sgraffito

quarrying

quarry

Pit for extracting rock

graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock

sandstone · slate · alabaster · extraction · sledge · hammer · wedge · splitting · block · roughing

masonry

mortar

Grinding bowl or binder

trowelFlat blade for spreading
ashlarPrecision-cut building stone
pointingDirecting attention somewhere

repointing · jointer · bricklayer · wall · veneer · parging · cobblestone · flagstone · pavement · block

sculpture

sculptor

Artist shaping solid materials

statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
bustFailure or sculpture
figurineSmall ornamental sculpture

monument · memorial · fountain · gargoyle · atelier · maquette · armature · molding · figurative · abstract

architecture

keystone

Arch's central locking stone

archCurved spanning structure
columnVertical structural element
facadeDeceptive outward appearance

buttress · cornice · dome · frieze · lintel · pediment · pilaster · spire · tracery · vault

Opposites

material worked

stoneworkerscarpenters

Wood construction workers

woodworkers · metalworkers · ironworkers · glassblowers · plasterers

durability/permanence of medium

stoneworkersballoon artists

Creators of twisted latex figures

Family

stoneworker

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G