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 ...

May 28—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, ...

HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Louie LaChusa calls his art pieces “good spirits.” After an ice storm brought down trees all over his neighborhood in Laurel Park, he bought a chainsaw to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 6—GREENBO — Just outside the entrance to Greenbo Lake State Resort Park, a carved bear sits overlooking the road, standing ...