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The widespread use of granite for monuments and memorials is due in a large part, to the stone’s natural contrasting abilities. This is achieved primarily through various finishing techniques. Contrast is essential for reading inscriptions and highlighting intricate designs or portraits.
Polishing is achieved through high abrasion buffing, which leaves the granite with a glass-like sheen. This lustrous wet-look is always significantly darker than the stone’s natural color, resulting in a clearer more contrasted inscription
The steeling technique creates a coarse, steely finish to achieve optimum contrast on polished granite. The color of the granite will look significantly lighter under a steeled finish.
Rocky Pitching is a finishing technique that creates the “chiseled edge” top and sides seen on many monuments. The jagged stone-like edge helps the monument blend in with the monument’s natural surroundings, giving a sort of timeless appeal.
Whether you are considering a traditional memorial or a more contemporary sculpture, through the combined use of various finishes, virtually any texture and design can be replicated in stone. See our inscription services page for further details on hand tooling, laser etching and the various inscription processes employed by our creative designers and master craftsmen.
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