Give Jim Calkins a piece of wood and a carving knife and he's a happy man. He's been carving Santa Claus figurines for 27 years. He also creates snowmen and angels -- all starting from a simple block ...

SALEM, Va. (WDBJ) - “A little piece at a time, see, 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 ...

BROCKTON — If you drive through Stoughton regularly, you may have seen a man sitting outside doing wood carvings of little Santas. He is 76-year-old Warren Dahlin and his creations aren't actually ...

Jack York, an avid wood carver is using his carving talent to make eagle head canes from basswood for wounded soldiers returning from the War on Terror. York carves ...

The Santa Maria Valley Wood Carvers held its 20th annual exhibition this weekend at the Veteran/s Memorial Center. Carvers from all over California attended the two-day event, which featured ...

Ken Baker used to be a regular at the downtown library, but he didn’t go there to read or check out books. Baker, who is homeless, would go to the library for survival, seeking shelter from the cold.

The story of how two Amarillo retirees became Santasmiths goes literally from kicked bucket to bucket list. Irene Wietzke recalls kicking a "1940s trash can" stuffed with wooden rolling pins over and ...