Carving a duck out of wood may not be everyone's idea of a good time, but wood carvers are hopeful that their beloved hobby seems to be attracting more women and young people. "I imagine that a lot of ...

Joyce Volmut merely has to look out the windows of her in-home studio for feathered-and-beaked inspirations for the wood bird figurines she will show this weekend at the Kaw Valley Woodcarvers’ 33rd ...

Mar. 16—During the cold Minnesota months, you can often find Karl Beck embracing the legacy left by his father, artist Charlie Beck. In addition to his vibrant paintings, Charlie practiced woodcarving ...

A few times a year, a workshop at the Guilford Handcraft Center turns into a place where Geppetto, the woodcarver, would be happy. Here, a half-dozen students arrive eager to turn simple blocks of ...

Hunched over a piece of wood, Hank Sprouse whittles away in his basement workshop in Stratford, Connecticut. What looks like a simple carving now, will eventually become a realistic-looking cedar ...

Warren Brown first carved when he was about 8 years old. With a butter knife, he sculpted a squirrel out of soap. A retired Navy veteran, contractor and small businessman, the 74-year-old has been ...

Visitors to this weekend's Carman Country Fair will have a chance to watch a local artist transform reclaimed wood into ...

CLINTONVILLE, Wis. (WBAY) - A Waupaca County man has an incredible gift of transforming a piece of wood into a lifelike bird or animal. His detailed carvings have won first in class at national ...

A woman who creates life-like wooden sculptures of birds has won a national wood carving competition. Maggie Port won first place in the bird of prey category at the British Decoy and Wildfowl Carving ...

Although artfully placed to attract unsuspecting prey, the dominant decoy setups in area swamps and fields when the waterfowl hunting season opens in the fall are likely to be cookie-cutter uniform ...

Wood carving is somewhat of a lost art these days, but birds were often the subject of amazingly realistic carvings. The artistic and colorful patterns of the red-naped sapsucker make it appear like a ...