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 ...

The challenge is daunting. Sculpt the hunk of wood in front of me into a Christmas tree using the reverberating 13lb load. Without losing a limb, finger, or anything else, in the process of course.

With precision and skill, Michael Watson carefully edges his chainsaw over the exposed, dried-out log in front of him until it resembles a face. He is carving the long beard of a wood spirit into a ...

RAWLINS — Amid the hustle and bustle of the Art Beat event that was held in downtown Rawlins on Oct. 6 and 7, a strange sound could be heard coming from Depot Park: a whirring chainsaw. Jerred James, ...

HIS PASSION FOR WOOD CARVING NOT ONLY INTO A BUSINESS, BUT A LIFESTYLE. >> THIS IS KIND OF THE FULL THROTTLE ART. IT’S LOUD, IT’S ROWDY, BUT THAT’S PART OF THE DRAW ALEX: AS JASON EMMONS GUIDES HIS ...

The great Michelangelo once said of his famous sculpture “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set it free.” Zachary-area artist Burt Fleming, likewise, sees images in wood and fires up a ...

STATE FAIRGROUNDS, WHERE THE ENTERTAINMENT HERE IS ENDLESS. LAST WEEK, WE SHOWED YOU ICE CARVING. WELL, TODAY WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME CHAINSAW CARVING. THIS IS A NEW LOCATION FOR THEM OVER ON EXPO ...