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Design Carving Your Memorial

There are lots of different ways in which you can take your memories and express them thru different design strategies on granite. In this piece we are going to describe five different ways text, graphics, drawings and even photographs can be carved onto the second hardest stone on the planet, granite.

Flat Carving and Shape Carving

Flat carving or traditional carving is a basic engraving method that is highly used for graphic elements like a tree, a van, praying hands or a cross. It works very well on all types of colored granite. Flat carving is further enhanced thru a thing by the name of shape carving. With shape carving, an artist provides deeper carving and greater 3D dimensions to the graphic bringing it to life on the stone. This method is most typical with flowers on a gravestone and works fine throughout the spectrum of granite colors available.

Precision Graphic Carving

If you had a memorial design where you are combining a large number of text, graphics, design writing and even pictures what is used is something called precision graphic carving or PGC. Using precision graphic carving nearly any picture, graphic or drawing can be artistically carved onto your granite stone. This process works very well on medium to dark coloured granite. It’s your number one choice if you have got a extraordinarily detailed design for your gravestone.

Diamond Etching and Laser Engraving

The final 2 methods available for very expressive granite designs are diamond etching and laser engraving. In diamond etching an artist uses an etching tool and carves directly on the stone. The technique is only as good as the artist, is absolutely a one of a kind each and every time and is a way to express subtle colours and creative creativity in the stone. The final strategy, laser engraving, is a process where a computer controls a laser that fractures and burns the pores of the granite upward.

Both diamond etching and laser engraving are only recommended on very dark granite colors and ideally only black stones. The precision graphic carving, diamond etching and laser engraving methods should be used on above ground monument installations.

This ways of carving granite article comes to you as a service of Murphy Granite of Richmond, Minnesota USA. At Muruphy Granite a group of over 30 commemorative professionals will help you design the grave, pet marker or granite memorial of any style or type from concept to final installation, at the location of your choosing. We guaranty your satisfaction each step of the way.

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