REEDSPORT — Coastal Douglas Arts and Business Alliance sponsors classes, demonstrations, and other art and business related activities through its Art Academy. On April 11, local chainsaw competitor ...

One common joinery method used in wood working is the mortise and tenon. A mortise is basically a hole in a piece of wood and the tenon is another piece of wood cut to tightly fit in that hole. The ...

Russell Ehart works on a chainsaw carving of Elvis Presley in Tonganoxie. Mclouth? When McLouth artist Russell Ehart looks at a tree stump, he doesn’t see firewood. He sees a bird, a bear – or even ...

Chain-saw-carving school lesson No. 1: Think delicate -- the hardest part about sculpting wood with a chain saw isn't brute strength, but a light touch. Lesson No. 2: If you plan to make a living at ...

HACKENSACK - Hackensack aims to become the chainsaw capital of Minnesota by presenting two chainsaw carving events. One will Labor Day weekend. The other will be Sept. 28-30 as a part of Fall Has it ...

REEDSPORT -- Niels Enjar Petersen couldn't take his 12 chain saws with him on the plane in Denmark. But that didn't stop the 44-year-old woodcarver from trekking 5,000 miles to the held in this ...

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 ...

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 ...

A northern B.C. community whose highway is lined with elaborate chainsaw carvings is starting to give some of the statues away to municipalities throughout the province. Each year, 12 of the world's ...

Michael Wolfe wanted to do something to honor his late parents — something that would be unique and serve as a lasting reminder of their love of nature. He looked no further than the backyard of his ...