With precision and skill, Michael Watson carefully edges his chainsaw over the exposed, dried-out log in front of him until it resembles a face. He is carving the long beard of a wood spirit into a ...

MINOT, N.D. (AP) - A Minot man has an unusual ability to discover good luck and share it with others. Paul Simonson creates Wood Spirits, long the legend of bearers of good luck and good fortune, by ...

Take a piece of mountain maple, add 50 hours or so of elbow grease with a homemade, case hardened steel gouge, and you end up with a walking stick like none other. An unparalleled piece of workmanship ...

Maleny craftsman Don Powell embraced this year’s theme of “against the grain” by delving into the world of fairy tales with his whimsical tablet. “I thought back to when we were children and you know ...

Perhaps because it neighbours the ancient civilisation of Gandhara, traditional wood-carving is still popular in Rawalpindi, where craftsmen prefer hand-carved wooden products. However many machines ...