• Natural stone manufacturing & export
  • Marble, granite, sandstone, limestone, quartzite & slate
  • Shipped to 35 countries across 6 continents
  • Monuments & memorials made to your drawing
  • Blocks, slabs, cut-to-size & finished units
  • Container loads on FOB & CIF terms
  • CAD drawings & sample approval before cutting
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Monuments — Crosses & sculptures

The carved half
of memorial work.

Crosses and figures — the pieces that are shaped rather than cut square. Machines rough them out; the faces, hands and ornament are finished by our own carvers, because that is the part that decides whether a piece reads at all.

Latin · Celtic · Orthodox Angels, Madonna, busts From photo, drawing or model Granite & marble Braced crating

Twelve carved
forms.

Six crosses, six figures. Send a photograph of the piece you have in mind and we will tell you what it takes in stone.

Plain Latin granite cross on a polished base Latin crossFour-pointed cross on a base, plain or lettered Celtic granite cross with a stone ring and carved interlace Celtic crossRinged cross with interlace panels Eight-pointed Orthodox granite cross with titulus and slanted foot bar Orthodox crossThree-bar cross with the slanted foot Granite cross set on a rough rock-pitched boulder base Rock-base crossCross set on a rock-pitched boulder base Granite crucifix cross with a carved corpus in relief Crucifix crossCorpus carved in relief on the cross face Granite cross with base and a full kerb surround around the grave Cross with kerbsCross, base and a full kerb surround Carved granite standing angel with wings on a plinth Standing angelFull figure with wings, on a plinth Carved granite kneeling angel leaning against a memorial stone Kneeling angelKneeling figure leaning on the memorial Carved granite Madonna figure with draped robes on a plinth MadonnaDraped standing figure, hands joined Carved granite praying hands on a polished base Praying handsHands carved in the round or in relief Carved granite portrait bust on a plinth Portrait bustHead and shoulders worked from photographs Granite relief panel with a carved figure on a memorial slab Relief panelFigures cut in relief on a flat slab

How much of it
is cut by hand.

This is the line that decides the price, and the one enquiries almost always leave out. Four levels — tell us which one the drawing expects.

Plain cut Worked byMachine only Profile cut and polished, no carved detail. The fastest and cheapest route.
Outline carved Worked byMachine + hand Pattern cut into the face. Reads from a distance, costs a fraction of relief.
Relief carved Worked byMostly hand Ground back around the ornament so it stands proud and throws a shadow.
Carved in the round Worked byHand throughout A figure worked on every face. The slowest work we do, and the only part no machine finishes.

Going deeper on either side: Orthodox crosses covers bar proportions and the foot angle; sculptures & statues covers scale, references and progress proofs. Both pages price from the same four levels.

Stone is subtractive.
So the proof comes first.

There is no putting it back, which is why the block carries an allowance on every face and nothing is roughed out before the study is agreed.

ReferencePhoto, drawing or modelProofDigital or clay studyBlockSized with allowanceRoughingMasses cut backCarvingForm brought outDetailHands, face, ornamentFinishPolished, honed or mattCratingBraced and boxed
  1. 01ReferencePhoto, drawing or model
  2. 02ProofDigital or clay study
  3. 03BlockSized with allowance
  4. 04RoughingMasses cut back
  5. 05CarvingForm brought out
  6. 06DetailHands, face, ornament
  7. 07FinishPolished, honed or matt
  8. 08CratingBraced and boxed

Marble carves finer.
Granite lasts longer.

Indoors or in a warm climate, marble. Standing in a northern cemetery through freeze-thaw, granite — and we will say so even if you asked for marble.

Shadow Absolute BlackEvery cut throws a shadow, so ornament reads at distance Fine carving Makrana WhiteMarble takes faces, hands and drapery far finer than granite Outdoor Steel GreyGrey granite figures that hold their edge in frost Light Kashmir WhitePale figure against dark planting Colour Imperial RedWhere the piece is meant to stand out Warm Tan BrownRed-brown crosses in open cemeteries
ReferencePhotographs from several angles, a drawing, a maquette or a 3D file. Two views are never enough for a face — send four if you can.
ProportionsCross bar lengths, ring diameter and foot angle confirmed on the drawing before cutting, and held across repeat orders.
StructureCut whole where the block allows. Where it does not, joints are dowelled and hidden on the back face.
FinishFaces and hands often honed while drapery stays matt, so the light behaves the way the sculptor intended.
FixingDowelled to the base or plinth with stainless pins; lifting points marked on the crate for larger figures.
PackingBraced inside a crate built around the piece, extremities boxed separately — arms and wings are where transit damage starts.

Send the photograph
and the height.

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