CLINTON — Dozens of bears, eagles and gnomes perished in a December fire deep in the woods of Whidbey Island. It was a devastating loss for chainsaw artist Steve Backus, who carved the creatures that ...

Children from a local day care are pictured in front of the gnome house on Hebner Street. “Wow. That’s fantastic!” is just one of the many pleasant reactions a new tree carving on the eastside of the ...

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 ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The roar of chainsaws filled the air Sunday at the Go Outside Festival, but for Dave Weatherhead, it was the sound of something warm coming to life. The owner of Timberworks ...

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 ...

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 ...