PINE GROVE – Michelangelo once said that when choosing blocks of marble for his sculptures, he imagined that he was not creating his sculptures, but setting them free. Joel Mack thinks the same thing ...

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 ...

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, ...

Chainsaws are the most brutish of power tools, which makes them seem unlikely to be used as a carving utensil. But a small band of chainsaw artists have elevated their craft, and created some amazing ...

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, ...

Watching a woodcarver use an assortment of chain saws and tools to transform a stump, branch or entire section of a tree trunk into a bird, bear or other mammal is downright fascinating. Todd ...

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 ...

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 ...

Growing up in Osaka, Japan, Aya Blaine barely knew what a chainsaw was, let alone how to use one. But in her mid-20s, she moved to a more rural area of Japan and needed to cut some timber. “I Googled ...