{"id":2951,"date":"2026-05-07T17:09:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/?page_id=2951"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:22:42","slug":"custom-carved-lettering-at-markets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/custom-carved-lettering-at-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom-Carved Lettering at Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I do a lot of visiting local farmers markets in order to demonstrate stone carving. I also do some on-demand letter carving, mostly in locally-sourced Buckingham slate. Here are some images of a selection of these letter carving projects as well as some in-progress shots. 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