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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

TIMONIUM, Maryland — When you hear the word artist, you usually think of a painter or photographer. Marty Long creates art in an unusual way, though. He uses a chainsaw to carve sculptures out of wood ...

EDWARDSVILLE — In much the same way that grisly car crashes draw drivers’ attention from the road, Brian Willis’s carved owls are drawing drivers’ attention from a stretch of Franklin Avenue. “Wally ...

Michael Blaine sliced, shaved, jabbed and poked at an 8-foot-high white pine log with his assorted chainsaws until the form of a cowgirl emerged. Periodically consulting photographs of the woman he’s ...

Ken Packie is an Otis woodcarver who uses chainsaws and other tools to create very realistic wildlife sculptures — and some humanoid ones as well. He has carved for team USA, has carved a life size ...

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.

Shari Staiduhar added a new highlight this week to her long career as a chainsaw carving artist. She did that by making her first appearance as a featured performer at the Lake County Fair. Staiduhar, ...