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John Benson: A Man of Historic Talents
"Then all you do is take a chisel and chop it out."
Those are the simple directions John Everett Benson, previous owner of The John Stevens Shop, gives to stone carving after the lettering is designed and traced and painted onto the stone. A person may think he or she is about to color in the lines of a child's coloring book- that's how nonchalantly and effortlessly Benson makes stone cutting to be.…
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Newport's Own Howard NewmanA man of great artistry and insight
A visit to Howard Newman's blue-shingled historic home is marked by a dismal, rainy Monday afternoon. A converted garage, steps from his kitchen, contains the studio where he creates the majority of his works. Drops of water sprinkle gently from the sky and the artist adjusts his navy beret over his gray mop of hair, to shield his eyes from the foul weather.…
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