Stone Letter Carving
Letter Carving
Art & Letter Stone Carvings
Evan Marker is an expert draftsmen producing letter forms by hand to be carved on sundials, memorials, commemorative plaques or sculptural pieces.
Every letter is carved traditionally, the chisel empowering each and every word. Lettering is an ancient art form requiring prolonged concentration and precision, sadly it is a diminishing skill.
Carving letters in stone is not an act of brute force but of tremendous delicacy.
Carving letters in stone is not an act of brute force but of tremendous delicacy.
A chisel and a special letter carving mallet have allowed letter carvers to cut letters since the first century AD. It’s a skill passed down to us by the Romans and the harmonious proportions of Roman letterforms and the symmetry of Roman inscriptions still provide the standard today. Their marks, and of the generations that followed them, resonate through the centuries to the present day.
It’s a timeless art that starts with drawing, brush-painting or tracing letters carefully onto stone. Then steadily and carefully, the letter carving artist works with a chisel and a dummy to cut a letter. This can take 30 minutes for one letter. Sometimes longer. It’s worth the time, as the final inscription has an expressive power that can’t be matched by machine.
Let's create something
enduring together.
Evan Marker Stonework specialises in the planning, design and construction of stonework for houses and in landscape applications.
Evan Marker enjoys sharing his craftmanship with Limestone Carving, Sculpting and Letter Carving Workshops in Adelaide, South Australia.
Evan Marker enjoys sharing his craftmanship with Limestone Carving, Sculpting and Letter Carving Workshops in Adelaide, South Australia.