Cedar City • Woodcarver Steve Bartholomew came so close to an elk as a boy that he could see the bull's bloodshot eyes as it racked its horns against a tree. And once he stood still enough that a cow ...

MIDWAY - When you hear the words “wood carving,” you probably imagine a man relaxing on his front porch, whittling a bird from a piece of wood; not a 5-year-old sitting on a metal chair, her feet ...

A career in chainsaw carving wasn’t always in Heath Bender’s plans. Marrying a fellow chainsaw artist was even further from his mind. But that’s exactly what happened and Bender, of Cedar Mountain ...

Totem poles are among the most recognisable and striking forms of Indigenous art in North America. Carved from massive cedar trees, they stand tall as storytellers, cultural markers, and artistic ...

It’s the scent that hits you first: cedar. Pungent yet sweet, overpowering and cleansing. The source was soon obvious: a stack of gigantic, old-growth cedar planks, awaiting the first students in the ...

SEDRO-WOOLLEY — With the smell of freshly cut cedar, mounds of wood chips and sawdust, and the whine of 13 chain saws, the 17th annual chain saw carving competition in Sedro-Woolley kicked off Monday ...