Midland’s Don Welch clutched the carved eagle head of his cane in his left hand as he stood talking at the Midland County Fairgrounds’ Gerstacker Center Wednesday. The genial World War II veteran ...

WATERLOO, Iowa --- Call it a carving or sculpture, but it's hard to miss Dave Kaiser's fish. It more closely resembles a fossil than a woodcarving. The artist carved the head and tail from hard, ...

Several fathers decided to forgo the old standby of golfing on Father’s Day to make walking sticks with their children at Prophetstown State Park instead. Paul Haynes of Lafayette decided to take his ...

STARTUP — Walking sticks line two walls in Art King’s eclectic workshop in Startup, a hamlet of 676 souls east of Monroe. The walking staffs are hewn from cascara, vine maple and diamond willow. The ...

James Burton knew nothing about woodcarving two years ago when an idea struck him after his wife’s death. Rod Walker, a member of the Michigan Woodcarvers Association, was adept at creating wildlife ...

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, craftsmen from many different regions of the country used a peculiar form of sculpture — the whittled walking stick — to communicate social signals, convey ...

Do you remember Fred Astaire who danced and twirled a walking stick with abandon in his dance routines of the 1940s and 1950s? You might recall David Suchet’s portrayal of Agatha Christie’s detective ...

WOODBURY >> Examples of expert local wood carving were demonstrated along with their creators’ secrets and techniques at the Flanders Nature Center on Sunday. During a sunny day in the high 50-degrees ...

FORT HOOD, Texas - A group of Soldiers and civilians from the 3rd "Grey Wolf" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, took a trip to Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Feb. 22. The group, ...