[4] Benson expands the traditional arts of hand lettering and stone carving through his designs.

He is also committed to teaching young artisans, in the hopes that they will go on to create their own works and thereby ensure that the legacy of this centuries-old artistic practice endures.

Equally important is the cadence of the text, how counterspace is used, word spacing, line spacing—all of that is absolutely crucial to good inscriptional carving.

Benson's work at The John Stevens Shop has also included personal gravestones and tomb markers.

Benson's father, grandfather and his predecessors at the Shop have created individual gravestones on materials including grey slate and Rhode Island granite.