The 10th-century warrior poet Egil was a well-known carver of runes.

10 世纪的战争诗人埃吉尔（Egil）是著名的如尼文字雕刻家。

Juan Alfaro Bastidas, 75, is a carver, just as his father and grandfather were.

75岁的胡安·阿尔法罗·巴斯蒂达斯是一名石雕工人，就像他的父亲和祖父一样。

Although they had no metal tools, they were expert carvers, creating elaborate objects out of bone, flint, and jade.

尽管他们没有金属工具，但他们却是雕刻方面的专家，用骨头、燧石和碧玉雕刻出精美的作品。

Local carvers found a way to make beautiful objects from it.

当地雕刻家们找到了用它制作美丽物品的方法。

So, the carvers had to keep them from floating away while they work.

所以雕刻者在工作的时候要防止它们漂走。

But the stone carvers often do not sell much.

但石雕工人往往卖不了多少钱。

To keep the crowds moving, Katz's is set up with multiple carvers at multiple counters.

为了让人群保持流动，凯茨在多个柜台设置了多个雕刻工。

For bigger projects, a head carver might even have a few apprentices to help out.

就更大的项目而言，首席雕刻师甚至可能有几个学徒来帮忙。

The most self-consciously modern of them all, Picasso, told a friend that no sculptor had ever bettered the Palaeolithic carvers.

其中最具有现代意识的那位，毕加索，曾告诉一个朋友，没有雕塑家可以超越旧石器时代的雕刻家们。

Most of the carvers have individual work areas at home, which provide them with some money.

大多数石雕工人在家里都有单独的工作区，这为他们提供了一些收入。