An unfortunate whittling incident in seventh grade woodshop left me with a scar on my hand and a subsequent lifelong reminder that playing with knives is an at-your-own-risk endeavor. Recently, ...

McIntosh Memorial Library of Viroqua will be hosting seven months of wood carving classes starting in October. John Sutton and other local carvers will teach participants how to turn a piece of wood ...

TITONKA | For many of the North Iowa Woodcarvers, it was an interest in woodcarving, or learning to wood carve, that drew them to the group, but it’s the friendships they’ve created that have kept ...

Of the many art classes offered at the Suffolk Art Gallery each year, few are as popular as Ed Morrison’s wood carving classes. He’s been offering duck decoy and Santa Claus carving workshops on ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn — Some seniors at the Oak Ridge Senior Center are sharpening their skills, as well as their knives, by picking up a fun new hobby — wood carving. A senior center board member has been ...

As I type, a one-toothed banjo player with a bushy white beard and a smile a mile wide appears lost in his mountain music. Next to him, an old woman sporting a polka dot apron and a neat bun in her ...

The lifelike feathers on Robby Matherne’s female mallard almost fool a person into thinking he used real feathers for his intricate decoy carving. He didn’t. "No, it’s all made out of wood," he ...

If you’re looking for a setting where it’s socially appropriate — and safe — to play with knives, be sure to check out the 47th annual Red River Valley International Wood Arts Festival, which runs ...

Chris Whillock “wood” like to introduce others to the art of carving. To that end, he’s opened the Whittling Shack at 917 N. Broadway in Rochester, and it includes all the bells and “whittles” to get ...

TITONKA | For many of the North Iowa Woodcarvers, it was an interest in woodcarving, or learning to wood carve, that drew them to the group, but it’s the friendships they’ve created that have kept ...