Recent Examples on the WebEach Saturday, a stonemason carves a new letter of the poem — drafted by members of a local poet’s guild — into a cobblestone and places it in the ground.—Richard Fisher, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023 Mount Hood log cabins handmade during the Great Depression by the legendary Steiner family of carpenters and stonemasons rarely come on the market.—Jeastman, oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023 The imposing granite structure, shaped by Italian stonemasons, served as the summer home of Frederick Bourne, the fifth President of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2023 The age-old techniques that many of these stonemasons, carpenters, and metalsmiths inherited from their fathers and grandfathers helped give the project its authenticity.—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 10 July 2023 Historians have documented that the Steiner family of carpenters and stonemasons built 100 cabins, mostly on wooded land between Brightwood and Government Camp from 1928 to 1952.—Jeastman, oregonlive, 14 June 2023 Harder to replace: dancers, stonemasons and steelworkers.—David Ingram, NBC News, 16 May 2023 To implement their design, then collaborated with stonemason Jee-Shaun Wang (follow @jeeshaun), who carved the basin into the rock by hand.—Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 19 May 2023 Born in Nantes in western France in 1968, Bourieau studied art at the Academy of Nantes before joining the prestigious French stonemasons guild, Les Compagnons du Devoir et du Tour de France.—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 7 May 2023
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