LUNENBURG, Vt. — It’s loud, it’s dirty, it’s dangerous. And although it demands control, precision and considerable skill, the art of chain-saw carving apparently isn’t highbrow enough to garner ...

He looks like a Halloween-season hazard as he stalks the forest with a chain saw, but George Kenny knows there’s nothing to worry about. He’s only there to add to the natural beauty. Escorted around ...

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 ...

DELEON SPRINGS - To a homeowner wanting to eliminate yard debris, tree branches and stumps are trash, but Sam Knowles sees birds, bears, alligators, turtles, moose, and fish hiding in them. Knowles ...

HARTFORD — Luke Harris of Alton started carving figures with a chainsaw because it was safer than the previous art form he practiced. “I used to be a whittler and I’d stick myself everywhere, so I got ...

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 ...

Watch as we carve a grizzly bear sculpture from a combination of epoxy resin and wood. Using a chainsaw and a variety of ...

LaGRANGE, Ohio - Sculptors say they take a piece of stone and "chip away the statue hidden inside." So does Bud Emerson -- but he uses tree stumps and a chainsaw. The Wellington man is internationally ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When it comes to crafting unique sculptures out of wooden logs, most wouldn’t think the main tool ...

About three years ago, boredom turned into a hobby for Billy Scott. Scott cares for his mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease, and one day found himself walking the property he’d spent playing on as a ...

LE MARS, Iowa -- When the auction cry sounds today for A.J. Lutter's chain saw art, it will be just short of 25 years that the artist has boosted the Plymouth County Fair. LE MARS, Iowa -- When the ...

CLINTON — Dozens of bears, eagles and gnomes perished in a December fire deep in the woods of Whidbey Island. It was a devastating loss for chainsaw artist Steve Backus, who carved the creatures that ...