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, ...

The Red River Valley Woodcarvers are set to host the festival from April 14 to 16 at the Fargo Air Museum. Read on for an in-depth preview of the classes and carvers taking centerstage. “My Turn,” by ...

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 ...

Frankfort resident Tony Burton recently retired from the Navy and was keeping an eye out for what to do next. That search brought him to South Holland, where he could be found recently turning what ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ready to get in touch with your creative side? We’ve found an intriguing mix of art classes and workshops to help you tap into your inner artist. Take a look, then get out there and make it happen.