Nick Benson - The John Stevens Shop
Thursday, September 30, 2004

AC125 - Gravestones and Burial Grounds
Guest Lecturer

Here are some sound clips from the lecture today with Nick Benson, master stonecarver, from the John Stevens Shop in Newport, RI.

They come with video files too, but unfortunately they were too large to upload - hopefully I can compress them soon, so you can also see the beautiful work which he does.
Clip 1 - Nick Benson Carving a Roman "R"
Clip 2 - Nick Benson describing his tools and their history
Clip 3 - Nick Benson Slideshow - discussing the history of the shop
Clip 4 - Nick Benson Slideshow - detailing the roots of lettering
Clip 5 -  Nick Benson Slideshow - describing the techniques involved
Clip 6 - Nick Benson Slideshow - describing how replication is a common request
Clip 7 - Nick Benson Slideshow - describing colonial and modern letters
Clip 8 - Nick Benson Slideshow - describing his artistic interpretations on stone
Nick Benson's carving of the Roman "R", first brushed on with ink, then hand carved
Take a look into the John Stevens Shop

A
rticle on Nick Benson and the WWI Memorial in Washington, DC
Email: [email protected]
Homepage - Blauss Family Genealogy
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