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 ...

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 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 ...

With precision and skill, Michael Watson carefully edges his chainsaw over the exposed, dried-out log in front of him until it resembles a face. He is carving the long beard of a wood spirit into a ...

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 ...