“It’s a beautiful gift, and nobody will do it just because,” said Figueroa, a clinical associate professor of diagnostic ...

Stone-carving space containing pneumatic and traditional carving tools and materials such as marble, limestone, and alabaster. Non-traditional materials, such as cast plastic, cast foam, and cast ...

the mine isn’t just a site for extracting marble and alabaster. Owner Robert Congdon dreams of transforming the mining operation into a burgeoning hub for artists and sculptors from around the world. ...

That’s a layer of meaning the Cleveland Museum of Art is trying to unlock in its wonderful and wonky new exhibition on late medieval sculptures carved in alabaster. If you purchase a product or ...

These 3 'Nottingham' alabaster carvings should have been destroyed during the Reformation but instead they were hiddenAlabaster carving was a thriving industry in Nottingham 600 years ago.

The seven 2,700-year-old alabaster carvings are “some of the best-preserved examples of King Sennacherib reliefs in existence," according to the project's director, Michael Danti, an ...

Though alabaster carving once faced decline, it now enjoys a resurgence fueled by younger generations' interest. For 29-year-old Mahmoud Abu-Aish, the craft connects deeply to his heritage.

As it inhales and exhales, the sculpture’s pneumatic hammers pound down on a centerpiece of the work, an alabaster stone piece, that disintegrates bit by bit, under pressure. When I was in the ...

A newly-unearthed Assyrian Lamassu (human-headed winged bull) alabaster sculpture discovered with its entire wings intact by the French archaeological mission at the archaeological site of ...

An artisan works on an alabaster artwork at a workshop in Luxor, Egypt, on Jan. 10, 2025. Amidst the ancient temples and tombs in Egypt's Luxor, skilled artisans continue to transform alabaster ...