Stone rubbing

Common rendering materials include rice paper, charcoal, wax, graphite or inksticks.

Over time, the practice of stone rubbing can cause permanent damage to cultural monuments due to abrasion.

[citation needed] For an artist, stone rubbings can become an entire body of creative work that is framed and displayed.

[1] Visitors use pencil and paper to capture the name of a family member or friend who died during the Vietnam War as it appears on the wall.

The paper that has been used by Chinese scholars to transfer the calligraphy from stones is made from plant fiber.

Studying multiple gravestones in one specific area can give even more information about history.

Stone rubbing at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
A National Park Service volunteer kneels and uses paper and a graphite stick to create a rubbing of a name from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial .
A stone rubbing (graphite on paper) for documentation of a petroglyph