THURMONT, Md. (AP) -- Joe Stebbing started out carving wood the old-fashioned way. With chisels and a mallet. Trouble was, it took about three months to make a single carving. Stebbing, a plumber by ...

Rick Mack, a Brodheadsville chainsaw artist, is returning to the fair this year to demonstrate his wood carving skills and help the fair make some money. For the past eight years, Mack has carved ...

Wood carving is one of the oldest art forms. There are examples that date back thousands of years. Today it offers creative individuals a multitude of outlets for their talents, from small pieces ...

Monterey >> It’s been a little more than a quarter century since George Kenny began to use wood sculptures as a gimmick to lure customers into his small coffee shop in Allyn, Washington. Now he spends ...

HIS PASSION FOR WOOD CARVING NOT ONLY INTO A BUSINESS, BUT A LIFESTYLE. >> THIS IS KIND OF THE FULL THROTTLE ART. IT’S LOUD, IT’S ROWDY, BUT THAT’S PART OF THE DRAW ALEX: AS JASON EMMONS GUIDES HIS ...

Living in Montana, we can’t help but see the trees. They are a beautiful and undeniable part of our natural environment. Some people might see Christmastime when they look around the woods. Some see ...

With precision and skill, Michael Watson carefully edges his chainsaw over the exposed, dried-out log in front of him until it resembles a face. He is carving the long beard of a wood spirit into a ...

Chainsaws are the most brutish of power tools, which makes them seem unlikely to be used as a carving utensil. But a small band of chainsaw artists have elevated their craft, and created some amazing ...

The challenge is daunting. Sculpt the hunk of wood in front of me into a Christmas tree using the reverberating 13lb load. Without losing a limb, finger, or anything else, in the process of course.