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, ...

Of the many art classes offered at the Suffolk Art Gallery each year, few are as popular as Ed Morrison’s wood carving classes. He’s been offering duck decoy and Santa Claus carving workshops on ...

As I type, a one-toothed banjo player with a bushy white beard and a smile a mile wide appears lost in his mountain music. Next to him, an old woman sporting a polka dot apron and a neat bun in her ...

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 ...

If you’re looking for a setting where it’s socially appropriate — and safe — to play with knives, be sure to check out the 47th annual Red River Valley International Wood Arts Festival, which runs ...

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 ...

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 ...