he has carved over 30 life-size statues overall. “I don’t think there’s anybody better than him, and I’m being honest,” said Jeff Tortorelli, a woodworker who contracted the statue out ...

During workshops, each attendee has the option to purchase the rough-out ... carved before or even thought about doing it. Bought some tools and started my first project, which was a Santa Claus.

SHEBOYGAN – A display of more than 100 wooden hand-carved Santa Claus figures can be viewed ... James cut blocks of Linden wood with a band saw and then carved details with Swiss and Austrian ...

"That he can bring new life out of these essentially dead things -- it's amazing," Stanmeyer said. The story of Packie's rise is unlikely. Before he got into carving wood with chainsaws ... to carve ...

you can shave it,” says Thomas Crickenberger as he works on another carving. All he needs to stay entertained for hours is a pocket knife and a spool of wood. “She is 82 and I just turned 89 ...

Jack York, an avid wood ... Santa beard year round. He is Santa to hundreds of children in the Anniston area. Jack and wife Belinda share the task of making the canes,. He does all of the carving ...