Viroqua Stone Lettering

07/22/2022

12/22/2017

Someone asked me if I could create one of these for her husband for Christmas. Apparently they have created their own arboretum and might want stone markers for everything. This one is soapstone, 10" x 4" x 1". The font is Calibri. Turned out pretty nice. If you, or anyone you know, would like something like this, too, you know where to find me.

07/03/2017

The aim is for perfection but it's an impossible target.

07/03/2017

Another opportunity to take the time to cut and glue up the stencil to mimic the old hand cut pointy serifs on some Condensed Roman; this time for Gerlinde Litzenberger at Pine Cliff Cemetery in Galesville.

06/27/2017

A good story about one of the other guys in Wisconsin who used to do what I do for a living.

Billy Krause gently caresses the flower basket hanging from a lower limb of the tall tree stump. He points to delicate mushrooms seemingly sprouting from its base. A smile breaks through his beard, and he shakes his head. “Look at that work; this is all carved from a single piece of limestone,” he s...

06/26/2017

Mini Markers! Custom job on customer-provided granite.

06/26/2017

I don't sandblast a lot of 50 lb antique chains, but when I do, they turn out like this.

06/23/2017

The turtle is running away.

06/23/2017

There's a bunch of turtles in Woodlawn Cemetery (La Crosse) today. This one is hiding.

06/23/2017

Just in case you wanted to know if I could put a Cubs logo on your grave stone.