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Drayton Hall: Charleston SC
Blue Black Welsh Slate
Rectangular with Angled Face
Raised panel center with Ogee Moulding.
Drayton Family Crest David carved from John Henry Drayton's original design he drew in an 18th century letter.
Dr Carter Hudgins, left, President of Drayton Hall Preservation Trust, and David Gillespie, right, set the stone at Drayton along the Ashley River.
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Blue Black Slate
Honed Face
18th Century Lettering
April 2022
Hourglass with Wings
Installed in Northern Virginia
Purple Slate
Honed Face
18th Century Thomas Walker style Lettering
Reverse Cyma Top Shape
Incised Moulding
2022
Installed in Virginia
Detail on Top of Purple Slate
Reverse Cyma Top Shape
Incised Moudling
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Blue Black Slate
Honed Face
Incised Moulding
18th Century Lettering
Simple, Clean Look
June 2021
This stone will be installed in the
Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC. This is the same cemetery that includes burials of
J Edgar Hoover
John Philip Sousa
Tobias Lear personal secretary to George Washington
Push-Ma-Ta-Ha Choctaw Indian Chief who fought alongside Andrew Jackson in War of 1812
Matthew Brady
Detail of above stone, v cut lettering.
18th Century Lettering Style all drawn and carved by hand.
Detail on Congressional Cemetery Stone
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Vermont Green Slate
Natural Cleft Face
Incised Moulding
18th Century Lettering
Simple, Rustic Look
Dec 2020
Detail of above stone, v cut lettering.
Not perfect but intentionally rough to show striations.
Vermont Green Slate
Natural Cleft Face
Incised Moulding
18th Century Lettering
Simple, Rustic Look
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Blue Black Slate
Lamson Style 1690-1750
Tri Arch Shaped Top
Lamson Style lettering
Set in Norwalk, CT
Detail of Lamson Stone above. The Death Head was just a universal symbol of mortality and a very common symbol used for folks of all walks of life.
Blue Black Slate
Ledger Style or Set Flat
Roman Lettering
Incised Border
Set in Bremo Bluff, Va
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Detail of above Ledger Stone. This letter is a Roman letter of the 1st century AD. It simply never goes out of style. You can see the Three Dimensional shape to the inside of the letter form that the light will catch and create a most visually appealing character.
Blue Black Slate
Reverse Cyma Top
Natural Cleft Face
My Lettering Style
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Detail of Kinkead Stone above to show Natural Cleft Texture
Blue Black Slate
Walker Style Top
Thomas Walker (1790s) Script Lettering and My lettering
Edisto Island, SC
The above shown Lindsay Stone after set in this Ethereal scene in Edisto Island, SC. Other stones in this cemetery were carved by Thomas Walker (1793-1838) whose lettering and style I used on this slate.
Blue Black Slate
Beveled and Tri Arched Top
In the Style of Henry Emmes, Boston 1750s
This family wanted a unique design with Monties favorite things, so we included his Soccer Ball, Army Helmet, Playstation Controller, Book and Dog Dino.
Top of the Montie Gregory Stone.
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Blue Black Slate
Foot stone Ledger Style to be set flat.
Emmes style (1750s) stippled background. This technique is an easy way to add life and vitality , as well as richness to the overall appeal of a stone.
David Gillespie carving at the SC Powder Magazine ca 1713, the oldest public building in SC. My own stlye, I draw from the stylistic vocabulary of hundreds of the most ornamented gravestones in the country only a "stones throw" from this very spot.
Blue Black Slate
Codner Style Stone
Codner Top Shape
1740s-50s Era Inspired
David Gillespie carving at the SC Powder Magazine ca 1713, the oldest public
Blue Black Slate
Ledger Style Flat Mount
12" by 24" appx
Simple Bead Border
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Blue Black Slate
Plaque for Children's Garden
Set into Brick Wall
Greenville SC
Puritan Lettering 1660's to 1720s
Blue Black Slate
Codner Style Stone
Codner Top Shape
1740s-50s Era Inspired
In Progress
My signature, I carve on most every stone at the bottom right typically. I make sure it is small and unobtrusive. Client can request the signature not to be added,