Basics of design. Artistic processing of hard and soft stone

In the study manual, which in the CIS countries and abroad is the first of this kind, the basics of primitive art and artistic threads are set forth. The evolution of stone processing technologies can be traced in close relationship with architecture, sculpture, visual, decorative and applied art, where the artistic stone processing is the wider application.
Different methods of decorative decoration of articles are characterized in detail.
The book presents photos, drawings and sketches, on specific examples describe work techniques in various decor techniques.
For students of the SPO system: PTU, colleges (technical schools) of the artistic profile and carvers on the stone working in production. This book and for amateurs-kamnezov, who want to meet an infinitely diverse and mysterious world of stone, learn how to search and process colored stones, create various crafts with their own hands