Cedar fan birds are not considered fine art, but still they require skill and artful hands. The birds carved from wood have deep roots in Europe of the past when men, traveling far from home ...

adding that the competitions also features categories like wood-burning art, and carvings of other types of figures too. For master carver Ken Hussey, decoys of birds were how he got into wood ...

An 80-year-old man sits in his basement surrounded by stacks of wood and carving tools. The room smells like cedar, and sawdust covers his knees. Bob Clowater is making wooden birds to help people ...

Creek Side Gallery in Leonardtown currently is showing wild bird carvings by local artists ... Both are members of the Southern Maryland Carving Club and teach a wood-carving class at the Loffler ...