A chain saw seems like such an aggressive tool, but it isn’t always for taking down large pieces of lumber. Shawn and Michelle Corbin know this very well, making a living off creating delicate ...

CALEDONIA — Tyler Keland and his little sister, Kayla, stood in wonder and they watched as logs and sections of tree trunks became an intricately carved bear, pelican and a dog carrying waterfowl in ...

Wood shavings fly as Mark Hermington smooths down the body of his salmon carving with a sander during the quick-carve chain saw competition Thursday as part of the ...

JANESVILLE, Wis.—Dave Wywial’s hobby is a risky business. “You’re carving with the most dangerous tool rated by OSHA,” he said. But in Wywial’s hands, a snarling chain saw is a tool for making art, a ...

With a chain saw in his hands, Phil Bryan is an artist. From old palm tree trunks, the Indialantic resident carves pelicans, toucans, parrots, eagles, pineapples and dophins with the 2-foot-long saw.

FAYETTEVILLE, Tennessee - It starts with a piece of white pine. Securing it with spikes onto a block of wood, Roark Phillips maneuvers around his blank canvas without a sketch or concept, unaware of ...

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 hills are alive with the sound of chainsaws in Melbourne this week, as the National Chainsaw Carving Championships get underway at Mount Dandenong. Among the 10 carvers competing from Australia, ...

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