SALISBURY — Trees and stumps are his canvases, and chainsaws are his tool to create art. Woodcarving has been a part of Chris Scott Markey Jr.’s life since he was a child, and in time he picked up the ...

PINE GROVE – Michelangelo once said that when choosing blocks of marble for his sculptures, he imagined that he was not creating his sculptures, but setting them free. Joel Mack thinks the same thing ...

Watching a woodcarver use an assortment of chain saws and tools to transform a stump, branch or entire section of a tree trunk into a bird, bear or other mammal is downright fascinating. Todd ...

Tina Bollman approaches her craft like any other artist. She looks at her medium and imagines what it could be, and at her disposal are a wide variety of tools, each with a specific purpose. However, ...

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 ...

DIVIDE • Michelangelo saw the angel in the marble and carved until he set it free. Johnny Busby sees the bear, eagle or bigfoot in a tree stump, and whittles at it with a chainsaw until he sets it ...

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 ...

Six chainsaw sculptors put their skills on display this weekend at Tuckerton Seaport, as giant logs were turned into works of art. Crowds gathered around the work stations during the quick carve demo, ...