The gravestone is a beautiful work of art and of professionalism.

Very nice. May Mary rest in peace.

That is awesome.!! Most people don't have a clue the artistic skill it takes to make a headstone.

Looks great!

David, I noticed the age of the woman right away which is surprising since I am terrible at math! For some reason, I guess like you said having to do with the carving technique and the light, all those letters look three dimensional as though they were raised instead of carved. Great work!

Beautiful work as usual. By the way, I really enjoyed the book. I was actually going through it again last night comparing the different lettering styles.

Love the bow tie. In a Seersucker suit, no less. Let those others sweat in wool, in the summer. To other readers. Real bow ties should always look slightly askew or is it very slightly untidy, as to be not perfect, nor neat. Like to think of it, like a large flower bloom, pleasing to the eye, because like a real drummer in a southern garage band, vs a drum machine, slight variations in presentation. You need to try a butterfly bow tie, my favorite. But I digress. Are the letters carved with an absolute V, or is one side of the V more vertical to give a shadow surface? Do you have a video craving V lettering on slate? We live in an area with Revolutionary soldier graves and older, even a U boot crew, will have to try the mirror trick to help read some of the older ones. I assume you have been to Thunderbolt, GA, Bonaventure cemetery, absolutely lovely, plus the city has a cemetery accommodation. This is just in case if you're visiting Savannah, Georgia, and die, you can enjoy southern Savannah hospitality while you wait for relatives to retrieve you. Seriously, their claim to fame. Bonaventure is in the book, chapter Sleeping amongst the Tombs, as I recall, might be off on the chapter title, A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf, Book by John Muir, rather cool to visit and try to imagine where he camped out in the cemetery.

Beautiful work, David! I did not see any guide lines inscribed on this particular piece. How did you manage that? Is that piece of slate native to SC? Must have cost a fortune. I am reading your book and I really enjoy it. It has great background info on the stones and the carvers. Makes visiting a grave yard/cemetery much more meaningful.

what do you charge to make something like this??