Editorial Policy

Form in Stone is an independent editorial publication. It has no affiliation with any museum, sculptor, dealer or collection, and it does not claim authorship of the objects it discusses. Our editorial method is to begin with observable features: tool marks, surfaces, joins, material type, scale and setting. We then place those observations in the context of published technical and historical sources. We do not claim measured keyword volumes or search engine research. Articles are assigned to one of three rubriques: Technique, Material and Context. Each article poses a specific reader question and answers it within a clearly bounded scope. We avoid unnamed superlatives, invented experience and promotional language. We do not provide medical advice or prescriptive procedures for gas, electrical or structural installation. Planning, materials, comparisons and visual literacy are appropriate subjects. Illustrative images or diagrams may be synthetic. When an image is synthetic, it is labelled as illustrative and is not presented as a photograph of a specific historical object. Where an image does depict a specific work, it is identified as such with its source. Corrections are handled according to the Contact and Corrections page. We prefer precise, sourced objections and will revise or remove claims that cannot be supported. Our goal is a durable, readable body of editorial work about stone sculpture, carving and architectural ornament.