LITTLE ROCK (AGFC) – John James Audubon worked with birds through his painting two centuries ago. Gerry Chisholm and Sheri Phillips-Chisholm bring birds to reality today with their woodcarving. The ...

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 ...

Hudson resident David W. Morin always enjoyed wildlife and the outdoors. Having majored in painting and sculpture at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, he was naturally drawn to the subjects he ...

The carving of the Eskimo curlew used as an "April Fowl's" prank was made by Dean Hurliman of Burlington, Iowa. Hurliman once carved duck decoys to be placed as decorative items on fireplace mantels, ...

MENDON -- You could say Jim Podsiadlo's new business is for the birds, and you'd be right. Just remove the phrase's negative connotations and you have a creative venture that has literally taken wing.

A small bird carving - -the oldest instance of East Asian three-dimensional art ever discovered -- is described in a new study. A small bird carving -- the oldest instance of East Asian ...

Carving birds is “a great hobby,” according to John Mastrangelo, a Braintree resident for 58 years and chaplain of American Legion Post 86. “It’s a lot of work, but you end up with something nice,” ...

Although artfully placed to attract unsuspecting prey, the dominant decoy setups in area swamps and fields when the waterfowl hunting season opens in the fall are likely to be cookie-cutter uniform ...

As we move through 2026, the world of hand-carved wooden birds and folk art is experiencing a renaissance, blending traditional craftsmanship with modern 'grounding aesthetics' that resonate with ...