*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The extreme drought of 2012 took its toll on many trees. Some died, and many more will succumb in the next few years. But the ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Some artists use a paintbrush—others use a chainsaw. Travis Reed, an artist currently showcasing his works at the National Western Stock Show, uses his chainsaw to make recognizable ...

HINSDALE — When Sam Craig began carving wood in his basement a handful of years ago, he initially focused on creating woodenware: spoons, bowls, spreaders, coasters, cutting boards, trays, back ...

ROCKBRIDGE – Allen Conrad came to the Feast of the Flowering Moon in 2014 to sell and display some of his chain saw wood-carving pieces, but when he saw a stump near his booth, his plans changed. “He ...

A career in chainsaw carving wasn’t always in Heath Bender’s plans. Marrying a fellow chainsaw artist was even further from his mind. But that’s exactly what happened and Bender, of Cedar Mountain ...

HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Louie LaChusa calls his art pieces “good spirits.” After an ice storm brought down trees all over his neighborhood in Laurel Park, he bought a chainsaw to ...

Not all logs end up in the fireplace or paper mill. A Hopkinton artist turns white pine stumps and blocks into wildlife sculptures, like bears and... Mar 23, 2016 — Not all logs end up in the ...

EAST PEORIA — When Robert Prunty sees a wooden stump he wonders what type of animal he could carve into it. Prunty, 65, of East Peoria said he has always been artistic and liked to draw as a youth. “I ...

Cedric Zavattiero doesn't consider himself an artist. But Zavattiero has emerged as Memorial Park's unofficial craftsman after decorating the park with custom wood carvings created from the stumps of ...

Have you ever been out on a drive and seen a wood sculpture that was fashioned out of an old tree stump? I have seen bears, squirrels, and other animals carved out of what was left of a large tree.