SALISBURY — Trees and stumps are his canvases, and chainsaws are his tool to create art. Woodcarving has been a part of Chris Scott Markey Jr.’s life since he was a child, and in time he picked up the ...

EDWARDSVILLE — In much the same way that grisly car crashes draw drivers’ attention from the road, Brian Willis’s carved owls are drawing drivers’ attention from a stretch of Franklin Avenue. “Wally ...

Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Faye Braaten, a chainsaw carver, works on carving an ...

BATAVIA — The chainsaw artist at the fair was able to carve a new path for herself. Elaine Foy is a chainsaw artist from Middlesex, N.Y., a small town east of Canandaigua lake. To view our latest ...

After spending 35 years working on residential and commercial buildings as a stone mason, Chris Pascoe has found a different way to create works of beauty. But in his new full-time career, he’s cast ...

Watching a woodcarver use an assortment of chain saws and tools to transform a stump, branch or entire section of a tree trunk into a bird, bear or other mammal is downright fascinating. Todd ...

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, ...

Michelangelo saw the angel in the marble and carved until he set it free. Johnny Busby sees the bear, eagle or bigfoot in a tree stump, and whittles at it with a chainsaw until he sets it free. “I ...

SKOWHEGAN — Dan Burns donned gloves, ear phones and protective eye glasses, cranked up his chainsaw and commenced carving a block of pine. Chips and sawdust scattered as he sliced, trimmed, and honed ...

Tina Bollman approaches her craft like any other artist. She looks at her medium and imagines what it could be, and at her disposal are a wide variety of tools, each with a specific purpose. However, ...

DIVIDE • Michelangelo saw the angel in the marble and carved until he set it free. Johnny Busby sees the bear, eagle or bigfoot in a tree stump, and whittles at it with a chainsaw until he sets it ...