projects forwardly beyond the border and at certain locations as discussed above the relief 24 overlaps portions of the border as best seen in fig1 and 3 5 with this construction the border 28 helps to frame the relief 24 while the relief 24 on the smooth depressed field 26 helps the relief u201c stand out u201d and make it readily discernible if desired the entire relief 24 could project forwardly beyond the border 28 moreover the depressed field 26 could extend into the block from the border 28 toward the back 14 a greater or lesser extent than shown in fig1 5 depending upon the look one seeks to achieve in the illustrated embodiment the front 12 is curved outwardly into a convex shape between the sides 20 22 however the front 12 can have other shapes between the sides 20 22 including multi faceted or a single plane as are frequently seen in retaining wall blocks the relief 24 depressed field 26 and border 28 are preferably imparted to the front 12 during molding of the block 10 by a mold surface having a pattern that is the mirror image of the relief 24 depressed field 26 and border 28 to be formed the use of a mold surface to impart a pattern to a block surface is well known in the art of retaining wall blocks an example of a process that could be used to produce the relief 24 depressed field 26 and border 28 is.