Truth In Stone :: The Weblog of Stone Legends

To our patrons past:

Like many Kings and Noblemen who came before us, it has been your vision we yielded to. Demanding the Legends be relived, you have (against much opposition) come forward, insisting there be someone to deliver stone, much like artisans of days past.

Ignoring the rhetoric of an industry bent on the status quo, you sought out, funded and nurtured the art of casting stone. If not for your vision, your tolerance for risk, your willingness to take charge and your confidence in us, casting stone would still be a craft literally lost in time.

Our livelihood was dependent upon your selecting us, and you took the chance. We know full well that we a part of something very special, which became the revival of an art.

When it comes to the credit, it is you who deserve it all. I applaud each of you, but most of all, thank you for your patronage, which affected so many as we recreated an art that seemed to have no past, say the legend etched in stone.

          To our future patrons:

          “Practice makes perfect and fact is that old saying has
          never been true then when casting in stone. Our craft
          requires many well-coordinated skills sets, and the
          more diverse the cumulative skills of the work force,
          the greater  the value of their service. Like the
          artisans’ who cast stone more than s thousands years
          ago, we have honed our  skills through practice and
          patience, making a lot of stone over many years. And
          the more we make the better we  get.

          We should understand that, like a blacksmith
          hammering iron, every stone is hand forged. Think
          back to the days of  our youth as we played in the
          sandbox, hand packing buckets to make our
          sandcastles. Casting is quite similar; the  difference
          being that we are more skilled now. Today, we mimic
          the forces of nature to compress the stone so tightly
          and smoothly; that it is difficult to tell cast stone from
          quarried stone, even side by side.

          Even though the press dates back to Roman Empire,
          the art of casting stone was almost lost. Little was ever
          recorded of the techniques. Its seems the craft never
          made the literary world, leaving us to rediscover what
          was common once.

          Today, we have the means to model any size; any
          shape, and ensure every stone will fit exactly as
          planned. We  have been doing it really well for quite
          some time now, and that allows us to say with
          confidence, “ Yes, we can do  that. Let me take care of
          that for you.

          In closing, I wish to highlight one salient point:

          It is not the cost of the purchase, but the cost of
          ownership that we come to respect over time. The
          choice of  investing in cast stone is one you will never
          regret for the beauty of the stone will endure many
          lifetimes.

          Be a Legend in your own time.