Layout begins with bringing the memorial into our shop and covering the whole surface of the granite with stencil. After covering the granite with stencil, we take the designs the family has chosen from the design books or the designs we have custom drawn and all the lettering and transfer them to the stencil. The designs are increased or decreased in order to look proportionate to the size of the memorial and the lettering to be on the stone. Once the designs and lettering are in the correct locations, the next process is cutting the stencil.