When most people see a piece of wood, they see a tree or firewood, and not much else. But when Don Mesuda sees a piece of wood, he imagines an alligator, an owl, a hawk or a seahorse. As a chainsaw ...
Chainsaws are the most brutish of power tools, which makes them seem unlikely to be used as a carving utensil. But a small band of chainsaw artists have elevated their craft, and created some amazing ...
BALLSTON SPA — It’s been 30 years since Brian Ruth used a chainsaw to make his first carving, a little owl that “was so bad I threw it in the chipper so no one would see it,” he said. He stuck with ...
A Kansas City artist is using a chainsaw to create a piece of art in Parkville."When I started, it was just a cylinder and everybody just looked at it funny and said, 'What are you doing?'" said T.J.
An impressive owl sculpture in Solihull has been "caged" amid fears it could be targeted by suspected chainsaw vandals. Railings have gone up around the wooden artwork, which was only unveiled in ...
We stop by Dan Hartley’s workshop to learn more about the art of chainsaw carving. When most people pick up a chainsaw, it’s to cut down a tree or firewood, but in the hands of a certain kind of ...
EDWARDSVILLE — In much the same way that grisly car crashes draw drivers’ attention from the road, Brian Willis’s carved owls are drawing drivers’ attention from a stretch of Franklin Avenue. “Wally ...
A much-loved sculpture has been stolen by thieves who chopped it down with a chainsaw. The wooden owl at Failsworth Metrolink station was hacked down and snatched, leaving residents and commuters ...