THURMONT, Md. (AP) -- Joe Stebbing started out carving wood the old-fashioned way. With chisels and a mallet. Trouble was, it took about three months to make a single carving. Stebbing, a plumber by ...
In San Juan, the Museo de los Santos y Arte Nacional is helping to revive interest in santos, small wooden statues of saints that artists have made for centuries.
The Makonde wood carvings of Tanzania are some of the most sought-after African art forms. Famous for their intricate designs ...
Three Atlanta museums feature solo exhibitions by standout Black women artists this fall: Ayana Ross, Shanequa Gay and the late Nancy Elizabeth Prophet.
ISLAMABAD: Wood carving, a unique form of art displayed on doors and windows, is dying fast. Practiced since ancient times, especially in Swat, Punjab and Kashmir, wood carving can be traced back to ...
Some artists use a paintbrush and easel– others: a chainsaw.At the Sullivan county fairgrounds the roar of chainsaws rung all ...
Last year's winner in the World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition's Decorative Lifesize Wildfowl category, "Livingstone's Turaco" by Thomas Horn. Ward Museum Last year's winner at the World ...
Perhaps because it neighbours the ancient civilisation of Gandhara, traditional wood-carving is still popular in Rawalpindi, where craftsmen prefer hand-carved wooden products. However many machines ...