An 80-year-old man sits in his basement surrounded by stacks of wood and carving tools. The room smells like cedar, and sawdust covers his knees. Bob Clowater is making wooden birds to help people ...

It all began in “the bird shop,” the garage in Southwest Harbor where plumber turned artist Wendell Gilley carved some 10,000 wooden birds between 1931 and his death in 1983. When friends and ...

Hunched over a piece of wood, Hank Sprouse whittles away in his basement workshop in Stratford, Connecticut. What looks like a simple carving now, will eventually become a realistic-looking cedar ...

CLINTONVILLE, Wis. (WBAY) - A Waupaca County man has an incredible gift of transforming a piece of wood into a lifelike bird or animal. His detailed carvings have won first in class at national ...

INTERSTATE, BUT IT’S POSSIBLE IN PLACES TO EXIT AND WITHIN ONLY A MILE OR SO, FIND YOURSELF ON VERY WINDING, VERY NON-MAJOR, BACK ROADS LIKE IN HUNTINGTON, VERMONT. WE’VE HAD A FEW PEOPLE UBER HERE, ...

Creek Side Gallery in Leonardtown currently is showing wild bird carvings by local artists Warren and Maxine Brown.Warren first carved as a Cub Scout and, after serving in the U.S. Navy as a ...

A carved chipping sparrow on display as part of Claude and Ethel Kemper “The Birds of My Hollow” collection at Glenville State College’s Robert F. Kidd Library. (Photo Provided) GLENVILLE — A ...

Jomaa Al Tarmo, 16, bends over a small, wooden chickadee, cutting fine lines into the carving that will become become the bird's feathers. Jomaa Al Tarmo is a quiet presence in the Harvey Station wood ...

Rick Pass carves lifelike decoy ducks from blocks of unforgiving softwood, creations which have gone on to win awards.

Wood carving is somewhat of a lost art these days, but birds were often the subject of amazingly realistic carvings. The artistic and colorful patterns of the red-naped sapsucker make it appear like a ...

Amy Adams collects ''carved wooden birds''. The 40-year-old actress loves ''kitsch'' things and has a special penchant for souvenir statues of her favorite feathered friends. Discussing her role as ...