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, ...

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 ...

James Denkins travels to different fairs across the country making wood sculptures. This is his first time at the Red River Valley Fair. James Denkins is a chainsaw sculptor from the Upper Peninsula ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bongo Love isn’t afraid of the chainsaw. He’s won multiple awards at chainsaw carving competitions — including third place in Vancouver and fourth place at the World Cup in Germany. He’s also getting ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - At first glance, it looks like an ordinary stand selling firewood at the corner of Dewey and Porter, across from Ocean Springs City Hall. A replica of the famed Crooked ...

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 ...

A bear wouldn't do. Afterall, when was the last time anyone in Farmington or Farmington Hills saw a bear in the community? So, Kari McGraw decided it had to be a squirrel — one of the community's more ...

Competitive chainsaw sculptor Steven Higgins airbrushes finishing color onto a seven-foot carving of a great blue heron in Liberty, Missouri. With most of his carving competitions canceled due to ...

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 ...