My adventures in stone started in 1985 when I began working as a mason's laborer. By 1996, I worked my way up to mason and began my own business. My work as a mason included a wide variety of stone work and my biggest passion at this time was working to restore historic stone structures like churches and other significant buildings.
I knew I wanted to continue advancing my skills from here and began hand carving house numbers, bird baths and soon, I was working with historic cemeteries to carve exact replacements for their damaged and broken early New England gravestones, preserving the legacy of these important monuments.
Soon after, I began carving custom monuments upon request while continuing to work as a mason full-time. Then, an unexpected visit to Hope Cemetery in Barre, VT showed me the true possibilities that exist for stone monument artistry and design. Within three years of that trip, I retired from masonry work and opened Michael A Angelicola Stone Carving to craft stone memorials and monuments full-time. I carve mainly out of my shop in Bristol, CT and am also honing my skills under the tutelage of one of Barre, Vermont’s most talented stone sculptors. I love to learn and will continue to build my carving skills on top of my decades of masonry and stone work experience. I hope to continue the rich tradition of monument stone carving and offer the highest level of monument craftsmanship to my local community and beyond.
