We are pleased to share that, on Saturday, the speakers Martyna Świerk, Lorena Pérez Yarza, Marta Fernández Corral, and Marina Bastero Acha participated in the panel Hands at Work in Stone: Identifying Epigraphic Styles, Workshops, and Individual Artisans in Antiquity at the Colloquia Ceranea VIII (University of Lodz).

Organised within the framework of the ERC Stone Masters Project, the panel explored how the material and technical study of inscriptions can help identify epigraphic workshops, carving practices, and even individual artisans across the ancient Mediterranean. Bringing together case studies from Roman and Late Antique contexts, the contributions examined the production processes behind inscriptions and mosaics, highlighting the importance of craft, materiality, and embodied technical knowledge in the making of written monuments. The papers addressed topics ranging from the self-representation of mosaicists in Late Antiquity, to the technical diversity of Roman epigraphic production, and the identification of workshops and carving hands in the inscriptions of Lara de los Infantes (Burgos, Spain). Collectively, the panel demonstrated the value of practice-oriented approaches to ancient epigraphy and contributed to restoring analytical visibility to the artisans whose work shaped the inscribed landscapes of antiquity.