CALEDONIA — Tyler Keland and his little sister, Kayla, stood in wonder and they watched as logs and sections of tree trunks became an intricately carved bear, pelican and a dog carrying waterfowl in ...

JANESVILLE, Wis.—Dave Wywial’s hobby is a risky business. “You’re carving with the most dangerous tool rated by OSHA,” he said. But in Wywial’s hands, a snarling chain saw is a tool for making art, a ...

Wood shavings fly as Mark Hermington smooths down the body of his salmon carving with a sander during the quick-carve chain saw competition Thursday as part of the Loggerodeo festivities in ...

A chain saw seems like such an aggressive tool, but it isn’t always for taking down large pieces of lumber. Shawn and Michelle Corbin know this very well, making a living off creating delicate ...

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 ...

Tina Bollman approaches her craft like any other artist. She looks at her medium and imagines what it could be, and at her disposal are a wide variety of tools, each with a specific purpose. However, ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Tennessee - It starts with a piece of white pine. Securing it with spikes onto a block of wood, Roark Phillips maneuvers around his blank canvas without a sketch or concept, unaware of ...

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Tom Thompson rolled a rectangular chunk of ice onto the parking lot of the Pompano Club and set the 40-inch high, 10-inch thick and 20-inch wide mass on a piece of plywood. Next, he turned to the bed ...

The saying is that wood warms you twice: when you cut it and when you burn it. But if you have a chain saw and fell trees or cut logs to make firewood, twice is just the beginning. The process is ...