Hunched over a piece of wood, Hank Sprouse whittles away in his basement workshop in Stratford, Connecticut. What looks like a simple carving now, will eventually become a realistic-looking cedar ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — This week, we travel to where the ducks and geese are always at hand — because they are made by hand! If a region’s wealth can be measured by its wildness, Oregon is one of the richest ...

Wood carving is somewhat of a lost art these days, but birds were often the subject of amazingly realistic carvings. The artistic and colorful patterns of the red-naped sapsucker make it appear like a ...