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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

RED LAKE FALLS, Minn. — Where many people might just see a log — sometimes a very big log — Joe Wavra sees potential. And he’s perfected the art of bringing that potential to life, so to speak, with a ...

HARLEYSVILLE, Pennsylvania -- Matthew Dietrich never set out to become a professional chainsaw carver. "I was doing small crafts and I would just give them out," he said. "And I was doing small slices ...

DELEON SPRINGS - To a homeowner wanting to eliminate yard debris, tree branches and stumps are trash, but Sam Knowles sees birds, bears, alligators, turtles, moose, and fish hiding in them. Knowles ...

We stop by Dan Hartley’s workshop to learn more about the art of chainsaw carving. When most people pick up a chainsaw, it’s to cut down a tree or firewood, but in the hands of a certain kind of ...

CLINTON — Dozens of bears, eagles and gnomes perished in a December fire deep in the woods of Whidbey Island. It was a devastating loss for chainsaw artist Steve Backus, who carved the creatures that ...

In Alaska running a chainsaw is a social skill. You go out with the gang, buck up some downed trees, bring them somewhere, pitch them off. It’s a good day. The thing is, with a few exceptions,* if you ...

What was only a tree stump in Honesdale's Central Park now boasts a bald eagle, a flowing river, and more. Next to it is another taller stump fast becoming a piece of art celebrating nature. Proving ...