Title: Listen


Medium: Black slate


Description: 

• Available for COMMISSION/ORDER.

• Trajan letters carved in slate by hand--one tap at a time--with hammer and chisel.

• 4 x 16 x 1" in thickness

• The artist has been carving the word "Listen" 
for over 20 years.
They are about listening to our hearts, 
each other, 
and most of all--nature.

• As with all custom orders, the artist works
closely with the client. Weekly email updates
are sent.
 
• 1-2 weeks to complete.

This stone can be ordered as a wall mount.(Hand smithed hanging apparatus will be included.)
Or for a table top or mantle in which case a simple pine stand will be included
for it to rest on.(See 3rd photo.)

An oak or cherry stand, can be made for an additional 36.00.
Please email and I will make a separate custom listing for the stand.
 
Other words can be commissioned.
Email: collenekarcher@frontier.com
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ABOUT HAND CARVED LETTERS

Letters hand carved are very much a lost art.
What one commonly sees today are sandblasted letters 
using mechanical methods(rubber templates and very little time)
They are static and still, and to this artist's way of thinking,
have no soul.

Keeping the letters alive by first painting the letters 
with brush and then carving the letters with hammer and chisel.
No computers.
This is how it was done in Greek and Roman times.
When one visits old graveyards hand carved
v-incised letters can still be seen.