Curt Hutchens spends much of his time carving wood and helping veterans. He is the vice president of the Central Minnesota Wood Carvers Association and belongs to three more wood carving clubs in ...

For the first time after a three-year Covid pandemic disruption, military members of a wood carving club presented eagle-headed, insignia-emblazoned walking canes to combat-wounded veterans. Roughly ...

Midland’s Don Welch clutched the carved eagle head of his cane in his left hand as he stood talking at the Midland County Fairgrounds’ Gerstacker Center Wednesday. The genial World War II veteran ...

Jack York, an avid wood carver is using his carving talent to make eagle head canes from basswood for wounded soldiers returning from the War on Terror. York carves ...

Tom Ladwig usually carves Santas, angels or relief carvings. His latest project was much different. With each cut of his knife, Ladwig was creating something to help and comfort a veteran. He and two ...

Walt Wharton said he’d be working out back, so I went through the garden gate into a charming backyard to find him. He was in a woodshop with a gambrel roof and a hand-carved commercial shingle that ...

The clever images of Native Americans, broad eagle wings and long faces with bushy beards are what Bob Scott loves about woodcarving. He digs out toothy grins and chips away at the flowing hair of a ...

Locally, the most popular cane carver, “Schtockschnitzler Simmons” (1885-1910) from the Kutztown, Moselem, Hamburg area was a late German born immigrant who bartered his carved bird handle canes from ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Artists from the Cedar Valley Woodcarvers and Corridor Woodturners came together this weekend for the annual The Art of Wood Carving and Turning show. Woodcarvers had the ...

When it comes to fine art, wood makes for a fascinating medium. Artistry in Wood, an annual woodcarving and woodworking show, takes place 9 a.m.-4 p.m. April 29 and 30 in the Visitors Center at ...

Creativity and camaraderie go hand in hand with the members of Metro Carvers of Michigan (MCM) who meet at the Washington Township Senior Center. Laughter and the chip-chip sound of busy hands with ...

Georgia Boyse has three distinct wood Santa Claus carvings, each representing a different time period in her 36 years as a wood carver. One is a small ornament, while the other is more sleek and ...