Tracy Mahaffey has been a professional stone carver and sculptor for nearly twenty-five years. The concentration of Tracy’s work is hand carved memorials and gravestones, as well as inscriptional architectural carvings. Having come to the field of memorial arts through her studies in sculpture and relief while also finding joy in the beauty, expression, and playfulness of letters. Her love of creating letters, which then comes to life in her sculptures, is what keeps her work fresh and forward. Though stone is her first love, Tracy has been exploring other materials such as clay and cast metals to create more intimate commemorative work. This is highlight by her recent study and practice of medallic art. Tracy lives, works, and plays in a cat sanctuary in Greene, Rhode Island.