Coffin and Daughter Lettercutting

12/16/2023

Raking studio light

12/15/2023

The holly and the IVY! Happy holidays from Coffin and Daughter 🎄🌿

10/31/2022

The ivy carved proud, shows beautifully in this light!

10/21/2022

Thrilled to be featured in Maine Home and Design this October 2022 issue. Thank you Maine Home+Design Magazine for a wonderful article!

There’s an old cemetery near my home in Buxton that I like to visit in the fall, when the big maple turns a lively red and the thick-trunked oak sheds its last acorns. I like to wander among the rows … Continue reading →

04/30/2022

Redacted for privacy but I just love carving ivy 🌿

03/25/2022

No matter which God you choose, the word is beautiful.

03/07/2022

Time lapse makes moving stones around LOOK easy. Rollers, axes, hydraulics, levers and wheels make it ACTUALLY easy.

02/08/2022

Glowing from within

11/20/2021

This might be the final stone to go in before the ground freezes. It seemed huge until I saw the neighbors 🧐🪦

11/05/2021

Alisha McDarris and Greta Rybus (📷) did a truly wonderful job in this article exploring the next generation of letter carvers.

Meet the new generation of artisans keeping the tradition alive in U.S. cemeteries.

08/24/2021

The painstaking work of gilding

08/16/2017

Thank you WABI for a wonderful piece.
http://www.wabi.tv/content/news/Father-And-Daughter-Working-Together-Cutting-Stone-In-Belfast-439627293.html

The Coffins are part of a very small and select group across the nation who carve stones for memorials. And they get to do so working side by side in their studio in Belfast.