Q: How can I sell a walking stick carved in the shape of a snake? It was made for my husband 30 years ago. - Christine A: The reader has a magnificent piece of carving and a wonderful object. I'm ...

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, craftsmen from many different regions of the country used a peculiar form of sculpture — the whittled walking stick — to communicate social signals, convey ...

WATERLOO, Iowa --- Call it a carving or sculpture, but it's hard to miss Dave Kaiser's fish. It more closely resembles a fossil than a woodcarving. The artist carved the head and tail from hard, ...

DALLAS - Roosevelt Wilkerson works alone in a cluttered one-room apartment atop an east Dallas laundry room. The surroundings may be humble, but Wilkerson's fame now extends to the Vatican. On his ...

Flutemaker Tsa' Ne' Dos'e; hand-carved hiking sticks; watercolors by Jim Mahanes. Tsa' Ne' Dos'e (London's Arnold Richardson) carves traditional Iroquois flutes and performs on them. Randy Spencer of ...

Pope Benedict XVI welcomed President George Bush June 9 for his first visit with the new pontiff at the Vatican. As is customary, the Pope was presented with a gift. Bush chose to give the Pope a hand ...

The sweets of May lie scattered as windows lighten to reveal morning. Blossoms and leaves are in blighted possession, showing the stamp of borrowed days, careless callers reluctant to pass on the slow ...

Till about 25 years ago, visitors to Mussoorie often took back with them ‘jalebi’, ‘salela’ or ‘18 pori’. Names of popular sweets? Not really. These were just some of the types of walking sticks ...