Granite Stone Carving

Granite Stone Carving
Mentor Artist: Heather Milne Ritchie

In a huge shed in Barre, VT equipped with a crane that can life 2 ton slabs of stone Heather Milne Ritchie and her apprentice, Becky Lovely of Northfield, VT, wield pneumatic hammers and diamond-blade grinders to bring granite slabs to life. Heather herself learned to carve stone through a Vermont Folklife apprenticeship, learning from fellow carver George Kurjanowicz.