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 ...

Sedro-Woolley's Loggerodeo features the popular chainsaw carving competition as one of the attractions at the city's annual Independence Day celebration. The chainsaw carving has a daily quick carve ...

Reedsport was buzzing over Father’s Day Weekend, as an impressive gathering of chainsaw carving artists transformed giant wooden logs into one-of-a-kind, creative masterpieces. Oregon Divisional ...

Russell Ehart works on a chainsaw carving of Elvis Presley in Tonganoxie. Mclouth? When McLouth artist Russell Ehart looks at a tree stump, he doesn’t see firewood. He sees a bird, a bear – or even ...

When life got rough, Mark Tyoe began transforming blocks of wood into black bears. Shortly after getting laid off from GE, the Salisbury chain saw carver decided to turn large chunks of white pine ...

CALEDONIA — Tyler Keland and his little sister, Kayla, stood in wonder and they watched as logs and sections of tree trunks became an intricately carved bear, pelican and a dog carrying waterfowl in ...

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 ...

REEDSPORT — With the Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Carving Championship coming to town, Reedsport will buzz with activity Father's Day weekend. The championship, a major tourist draw, kicks off Thursday ...

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 ...