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 ...

PLUMSTED - Larry Watkins looks at a 4-foot log, one that’s too thick to wrap your arms around, and he doesn’t see wood. “That’s going to be a shark,” he said. A few feet away, Watkins examines another ...

Modified logs dating to about 476,000 years ago might be the oldest evidence of wooden structures, a new study finds. “It’s a challenge to preconceptions about what are considered sophisticated, ...

Like the story of Jack in the Beanstalk, Lisa Christopherson of rural North Bend sold her cows to make a better life for herself and her family. No, she didn't trade the cows for magic beans, but she ...

Carving a duck out of wood may not be everyone's idea of a good time, but wood carvers are hopeful that their beloved hobby seems to be attracting more women and young people. "I imagine that a lot of ...

THE art of wood carving is one that has been around for decades, synonymous with the identity of Malays. While it is considered a cottage industry, the craft has a huge growth potential, largely due ...

SEDRO-WOOLLEY — Loggerodeo-owned wood carvings along Metcalf Street and neighboring side streets in Sedro-Woolley were in need of attention. So Loggerodeo staff enlisted the help of professional ...

WOOD carver Christopher Bowman is drawing crowds to his home with a collection of chainsaw sculptures. He turns logs into chipmunks, Oor Wullie and other characters. Christopher’s garden is a mystical ...

Melbourne's Dandenong Ranges are abuzz with the sound of chainsaws as international competitors turn logs of wood into art. The Australian Chainsaw Carving Championships got underway at Mount ...

Nick Grey, Wexford, with his carving. xxxxx Dean French Duncormick WLD committee members John Carr, Sheena Bolger, Ann Wall, Michael Wall (chairperson), Brian Kehoe and Dave Ormond. Maggie Cruise from ...