As a young boy, growing up in northern Minnesota near the Canadian border, Rick was fascinated with his grandpa’s wood carvings. “Mainly he carved small animals and whistles and stuff like ...

Before they officially became the Caricature Carvers, a small group started ... a carving of a person or animal with simplified or exaggerated features. He said wood carving is a “fascinating ...

As he passes a nondescript chunk of wood ... a small torch and whatever paint he might have on hand. This Sunday and the following one, Nov. 1, Mr. White will be demonstrating his carving at ...

In a studio, next to a small farmhouse that's not ... with netsuke -- tiny figures of people and animals, many carved in ivory, others in lacquer or wood. Most are just two or three inches high.

Ricky Magiera, originally from the Los Angeles area, supplies 27 retailers with a variety of wood carvings ... a totem pole of lucky animals, is expected to be complete from start to finish ...

Berlinger, 64, was referring to a small wood carving of flowers and leaves by ... He created an owl, beaver and other animals, using tines from a rake to use as their claws.

Buelna began carving in 1978, starting with small animals and graduating into competitive ... For most carvings, Buelna uses Jelutong wood, specially ordered from Asia. He cuts the fish’s ...

John Buell was a 1966 Hilton High School graduate who was also a longtime resident of Hilton. He was an extremely talented ...