Washington Musonza, a stone sculptor, has carved out a name in Zimbabwe's renowned stone sculpture tradition. The 58-year-old artist's dynamic work ranges from abstract to figurative pieces, drawing ...

Jia works on a stone lion in his factory. Gao Xinsheng For CHINA DAILY Ever since he was born in 1990 in Xizhuang village, Shanxi province, Jia Jinhui's life has been closely associated with stone ...

Stone craftsmanship has deep roots in the Shona culture, most notably seen at Great Zimbabwe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

A group of more than 20 reporters from the world's major media organizations visited the Wushi Mausoleums in Jiaxiang county, Shandong province on Oct 20, to have a look at the precious historical ...

Made from smooth stone, intricately carved busts of African figures stand on a mantelpiece in a gallery in the north of Beijing. The stone sculptures are in the company of oil paintings and wooden ...

Craftsmen in Zhejiang province use their knowledge passed down over generations to mark the Asian Games in a manner that will stand the test of time. Craftsman Qian Gaochao and his son, Qian Youjie, ...

Archaeologists in North China's Shanxi Province have announced the first-ever discovery of a Han Dynasty (206BC-AD25) pictorial stone carving bearing the county name "Lishi," referring to present-day ...

Size: 5.75 x 10 x 4.5 in.

Sitting under a large canopy tent in Montreal's Place d'Armes, Danny Barber, with his hammer and chisel in hand, worked away at his sculpture of a goldfinch perched on a tuque. This is his fourteenth ...

Since the Stone Age, stones have been the bearer of culture and the earliest civilisations. Over time, aside from making weapons, humans began to incorporate stones into building shelters. Later on, ...