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 ...

BALLSTON SPA — It’s been 30 years since Brian Ruth used a chainsaw to make his first carving, a little owl that “was so bad I threw it in the chipper so no one would see it,” he said. He stuck with ...

SHERRODSVILLE ‒ Using a chainsaw and a few other tools, Dan Kidd can transform the stump of a dead tree into a work of art. Kidd, 66, owner of Conotton Creek Woodworks in Scio, has been carving wooden ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Football fans, the Lombardi trophy is at the Iowa State Fair. So is a bear doing a handstand. And an eagle carrying the American flag in its mouth. And soon, Caitlin Clark will join that group. The ...