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Monuments — Engraving & lettering

The stone lasts.
The lettering has to as well.

Cyrillic, Latin and Armenian text, portraits, emblems and ornament — cut in our own shop, proofed at full size before anything is blasted, and filled to the finish you specify.

Sandblasted · V-cut · etched Painted or gilded Portraits and scenes Cyrillic, Latin, Armenian Later inscriptions matched

Twelve ways to put
a mark into granite.

Most memorials use two or three together — sandblasted names, an etched portrait and a gilded emblem on the same face.

Sandblasted lettering on a polished black granite memorial Sandblasted letteringFrosted letters cut into the polished face V-cut engraved lettering on a granite memorial face V-cut engravingCut to a V section so the edge catches the light Etched photographic portrait on a black granite memorial panel Etched portraitPhotographic portrait etched into black granite Laser engraved landscape scene on a granite memorial Laser sceneLandscapes and scenes engraved in depth Carved relief lettering standing proud on a granite panel Carved relief letteringLetters standing proud of the ground Gilded gold leaf lettering on a polished granite memorial Gilded letteringGold leaf laid into the cut letter White painted lettering filled into a sandblasted granite memorial Painted letteringEnamel filled for contrast on dark stone Carved emblems and symbols on a granite memorial Emblems & symbolsCrosses, icons, unit crests and florals Carved decorative border and ornament on a granite memorial Ornament & bordersCarved frames, scrolls and vine work Cast bronze letters pinned to a polished granite memorial Cast metal lettersBronze or stainless letters pinned to the face Second inscription added later to an existing granite memorial Additional inscriptionsA second name cut later, matched to the first Restored and repainted lettering on an older granite memorial RestorationOld lettering re-cut, repainted or re-gilded

How deep
the cut goes.

Depth decides how long the lettering survives and how it reads in low light. These are the four we quote against.

Surface etched Depth0.5–1 mm Finest detail, shallowest cut. Portraits and scenes — and the first to suffer on a wet wall.
Sandblasted Depth2–3 mm The trade standard for names and dates. Frosted floor, square shoulders, holds paint well.
V-cut Depth3–5 mm Angled walls meet at a point, so the letter catches light without any fill at all.
Deep carved Depth6 mm and over Letters and ornament cut back far enough to throw a real shadow at distance.

As a working rule, 10 mm of letter height reads at about one metre. Etched work is the finest and the shallowest — beautiful on a sheltered face, the first to fade on a wet exposed wall.

A misspelt name
is a replaced stone.

So the layout goes back to you at full size with every character as it will be cut, and nothing is blasted until that proof comes back signed.

TextDocument, not an imageLayoutFull-size proof to youApprovalSigned offMaskingStencil cut and appliedBlastingLetter cut to depthFillingPaint or gold laidCuringChecked and cleanedPackingFaces boarded
  1. 01TextDocument, not an image
  2. 02LayoutFull-size proof to you
  3. 03ApprovalSigned off
  4. 04MaskingStencil cut and applied
  5. 05BlastingLetter cut to depth
  6. 06FillingPaint or gold laid
  7. 07CuringChecked and cleaned
  8. 08PackingFaces boarded

Contrast is
the whole job.

Dark polished stone with a frosted or gilded letter is the most legible combination there is. On a busy speckled stone, keep the type large or fill it.

Best contrast Absolute BlackFrosted and gilded letters read at the greatest distance Portraits Gabbro DiabaseVery fine grain, holds etched detail cleanly Feature Black GalaxySpeckle competes with fine type — keep letters large Civic work Steel GreyLetters painted white or black for contrast Light stone Kashmir WhiteDark-filled letters on a pale ground Warm Tan BrownGold and cream fills sit well against it
TextSend it as a document, one line per row, exactly as it should read. We do not retype from photographs — that is where errors start.
FontsYour workshop's house fonts, or ours. Vector artwork for logos, crests and emblems, with fonts outlined.
PortraitsSharp photographs at full size, not enlarged screenshots. Proofs returned before the face is etched.
FillsEnamel paint, gold leaf or left natural. Gilding on a sheltered face outlasts paint by years.
Later additionsLayout kept on file so a second name matches the first in font, spacing and depth, not just the font name.
Blank stockStones shipped polished and blank for your own shop to letter — the fastest way to hold inventory.

Send the text
and the reading distance.

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