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 ...

HIS PASSION FOR WOOD CARVING NOT ONLY INTO A BUSINESS, BUT A LIFESTYLE. >> THIS IS KIND OF THE FULL THROTTLE ART. IT’S LOUD, IT’S ROWDY, BUT THAT’S PART OF THE DRAW ALEX: AS JASON EMMONS GUIDES HIS ...

Michael Blaine sliced, shaved, jabbed and poked at an 8-foot-high white pine log with his assorted chainsaws until the form of a cowgirl emerged. Periodically consulting photographs of the woman he’s ...

HARLEYSVILLE, Pennsylvania -- Matthew Dietrich never set out to become a professional chainsaw carver. "I was doing small crafts and I would just give them out," he said. "And I was doing small slices ...

Sep 20, 2025 Sep 20, 2025 Updated Sep 20, 2025 With a roar of a chainsaw and a steady hand, Brandon Adams can turn a rough log into a detailed owl, cardinal or bear in just a few hours. Adams, part of ...

Roadside carver Arnie Barton can tell a story with his chainsaw, giving old wood a new purpose and helping keeping a piece of history alive. Andy Russell finds out how he carved out a simpler life.

Monterey >> It’s been a little more than a quarter century since George Kenny began to use wood sculptures as a gimmick to lure customers into his small coffee shop in Allyn, Washington. Now he spends ...

STATE FAIRGROUNDS, WHERE THE ENTERTAINMENT HERE IS ENDLESS. LAST WEEK, WE SHOWED YOU ICE CARVING. WELL, TODAY WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME CHAINSAW CARVING. THIS IS A NEW LOCATION FOR THEM OVER ON EXPO ...

As the sun began to set over the Rockies on Thursday, the sounds of chainsaws firing up filled the air at Centennial Park in Frederick as the town closed its second day of the 10th annual Chainsaws ...

The challenge is daunting. Sculpt the hunk of wood in front of me into a Christmas tree using the reverberating 13lb load. Without losing a limb, finger, or anything else, in the process of course.