Whats the difference between stone carving and stone masonry?
Stone masonry is more about the general shaping of the stone, usually for architectural purposes. It’s about working to templates and measurements. Stone carving is much more about working by eye and creating artistic features like figurines. What are you working on for Time Team? I’m doing a replica of one face of a piece of stone that used to be a part of the abbey here. The original piece resides with the remaining Brigittine order, who now live in Devon. As I’ve only got three days I’m just concentrating on doing a figure in an alcove with some carving on the top. What would the original piece have been used for? It was actually part of a pinnacle, possibly over a gatehouse. What type of stone are you using? This is called Cream Richmont and it comes from France. It’s one of a number of fairly soft limestones that are good for this type of carving job. The original is made out of Caen stone, which is hard to get hold of today because the original quarries have been worked out. What
