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Hope Cemetery Death Sculptures Turn Granite to Living Art
At Vermont's Hope Cemetery in Barre, granite carvers transform gravestones into dramatic sculptures that serve as an outdoor living museum. Cremation lowers demand for monuments, but tours and showpiece memorials attract visitors, with iconic pieces like a grieving wife and dying husband and Elia Corti's robed monument highlighting the craft's history.
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Louis Brusa
Judee Chatot
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Elia Corti
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