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 ...

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 ...

MILL HALL, Pa. — Chainsaws will echo across the Clinton County Fairgrounds this weekend as more than 50 wood carvers take part in the 10th annual Hooskow Carving Festival. "We have carvers from all ...

Sawdust flies and Mark Colp moves a chainsaw through a log from what was once a huge pine tree. Working in a tent during the Johnson County Fair in Franklin on Monday, it takes a little more than an ...

Shari Staiduhar added a new highlight this week to her long career as a chainsaw carving artist. She did that by making her first appearance as a featured performer at the Lake County Fair. Staiduhar, ...

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 ...

I love a good mystery. A great one presented itself several weeks ago when my husband and I were riding our bikes along the Erie Canal Heritage Trail. A little more than a quarter mile southeast of ...

MILL HALL, Pa. — Chainsaws will echo across the Clinton County Fairgrounds this weekend as more than 50 wood carvers take part in the 10th annual Hooskow Carving Festival. "We have carvers from all ...