Michelangelo saw the angel in the marble and carved until he set it free. Johnny Busby sees the bear, eagle or bigfoot in a tree stump, and whittles at it with a chainsaw until he sets it free. “I ...

BISMARCK, N.D. - In the spirit of “lemons into lemonade,” chain saw artist Avereal Smart is converting dead trees into landscaping for south Bismarck property owner Steve Baumgartner. His home at ...

A tree chainsaw artist carved two bears and a lightning bolt into a Granite Bay tree trunk left behind after lightning claimed the life of a giant sequoia tree.Couple Diane and John Jackson named the ...

Aggie fans are already checking out some new art near campus. A woodcarver from the Lubbock area has been in town this week turning tree stumps into some Aggie-themed art. They were finishing up a ...

Before the Aug. 10 derecho, wood working artist Clint Plinthenik would get maybe five calls a week from people interested in his chain saw creations. In the month since the storm raged through Iowa, ...

SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — Mark Paterson wasn’t sure what to do with the big problem in the yard of his home near Conneaut Lake until he turned to art. The problem was the stump of a cherry tree — about 10 ...

Not all logs end up in the fireplace or paper mill. A Hopkinton artist turns white pine stumps and blocks into wildlife sculptures, like bears and... Mar 23, 2016 — Not all logs end up in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — For more than two weeks Eric Ridenour has slowly been coaxing a Tyrannosaurus rex out of the stump of a 100- year-old oak tree… using a chainsaw. Ridenour, an elementary school ...

When Jarrett Dahl is working, everything around him slows down. Cars hit the brakes. Dog walkers stop and stare. Joggers pause and pull out cell phones. But when you're carving an eagle into a tree ...