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 ...

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 ...

MENDON -- You could say Jim Podsiadlo's new business is for the birds, and you'd be right. Just remove the phrase's negative connotations and you have a creative venture that has literally taken wing.

Steven Fland Kingfisher Table and 3 Bob Whites (c) Jon Reis. Contact the studio for rights to upload or publish this photo. This piece, entitled, "Late Riser," features three bobwhites. MORAVIA -- On ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK (AGFC) – John James Audubon worked with birds through his painting two centuries ago. Gerry Chisholm and Sheri Phillips-Chisholm bring birds to reality today with their woodcarving. The ...

When staff members at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary set out to replace the stuffed birds of prey that have hung for more than two decades from the ceiling of its Visitors Center, they knew it wouldn’t be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Bud Johnson has created hundreds of wood carvings. He’s made animals, birds, fish, and other wildlife. He’s still doing it at ...