I made the world's most expensive snail. I carved a patterned block of wood into a snail shell and then used epoxy resin to make the slug of the snail. I first made a clay sculpture of the slug ...

A t first glance, the wooden carvings of swordfish, crabs and other artwork outside the home of Rick Hendrick on Fourth Street South in Jacksonville Beach look like they are made from driftwood ...

"To be a wood carver you have to love your work," said Konstantinos Papadakis, emphatically. He has been in Minnesota more than 40 years, honing the craft he learned as a child in his native Greece.