May 28—RED LAKE FALLS, Minn. — Where many people might just see a log — sometimes a very big log — Joe Wavra sees potential. And he's perfected the art of bringing that potential to life, so to speak, ...

There has been a Sasquatch sighting on Manistique Avenue in South Milwaukee. This sighting was not in the woods but in the wood ― specifically carved into a large log. Joel Asplin, a South Milwaukee ...

Monterey >> It’s been a little more than a quarter century since George Kenny began to use wood sculptures as a gimmick to lure customers into his small coffee shop in Allyn, Washington. Now he spends ...

The roar of chainsaws will echo through the Ridgway Mills Campground, April 22–25, as chainsaw carvers transform raw logs into intricate sculptures during the 25th Annual Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous.

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 ...

Two chainsaw artists have been working in Mount Airy to transform dead trees into works of art on the town’s Rails to Trails West. Colin Vale, 33, of Olney, is working to transform an ash tree, killed ...

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 ...

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After spending 35 years working on residential and commercial buildings as a stone mason, Chris Pascoe has found a different way to create works of beauty. But in his new full-time career, he’s cast ...

Take a walk around one of Manchester’s many parks and you’re bound to come across at least one of Karl Macauley’s many wood carvings. The fine artist from Moss Side has been creating realistic and ...