A Tri-State man is on a mission to remember Ohio soldiers killed in action.Graham Webb has a dedicated team across Ohio committed to carving wooden feathers for servicemen and servicewomen killed in ...
The feathers of a scissortail flycatcher emerge from a block of wood when Charles Wolfe gets busy carving birds at his garage-turned-studio in Fayetteville. There's an American Kestrel perched on a ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Every hand-carved wood feather in the Fallen Feathers Memorial tells a story of sadness and pride, in 281 variations. Each feather represents an Ohioan lost in the war in Iraq and ...
Illinois decoy carver Pat Gregory holds one of his creations, standing next to a poster that explains his work as folk art -- both beautiful and useful. (Photo by Timothy Collins) If Ducks Unlimited ...
LEXINGTON - Bill Bailey considers himself a self-taught carver. It's been his hobby, artistic release and means of supplemental income for 20 years. Bailey's first experience with a knife came as a ...
MENDON -- You could say Jim Podsiadlo's new business is for the birds, and you'd be right. Just remove the phrase's negative connotations and you have a creative venture that has literally taken wing.
MANCHESTER - Harold Rosauer has carved 993 lifelike birds, taking up to 900 hours to finish one. He has carved 40,000 wooden bird feather pins, so lifelike you'd think a slight breeze could carry them ...
That looks like real fur on the squirrel! How long have you been carving? About 30 years. Just as a hobby, I don't sell them. How did you get started? When I went camping with my children in 1978. I'd ...
There’s a moment when Jeff Jacobs demonstrates his carved wooden birds at farmers markets that always makes onlookers gasp. “I tell them: ‘No glue,’ ”Jacobs says. That’s when they realize his ...
Donald Greene has always been intrigued by birds of prey. The lifelong outdoorsman has a special affinity for owls and hawks, and he’s turned that love into a passion for carving them. He’s carved ...