My saw moves rhythmically through a stone, the source of the dust. It takes considerable effort to keep the saw straight, although when my teacher Cécilia da Mota demonstrated, it looked like slicing ...

The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that famously shook D.C. in 2011 sent the head of a gargoyle atop the Washington National Cathedral flying. “All that energy was going up the walls,” head mason at ...

Gargoyles – those grimacing, gaping, grinning, mischievous creatures perched close to Heaven – invite us, ... head stonemason at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

That gargoyle is a grimacing skeleton, with a bulbous head, hollow staring eyes, large molars and knobbly, visible ribs. "This guy was supposed to actually go up on the west towers," Alonso said.

With rows of pointed teeth and a distinct domed head, this particular stone figure is more reminiscent of a certain Ridley Scott ’70s horror film than the Gothic gargoyles by its sides. Take a trip to ...