SHEBOYGAN – A display of more than 100 wooden hand-carved Santa Claus figures can be viewed ... James cut blocks of Linden wood with a band saw and then carved details with Swiss and Austrian ...

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 ...

While some River Valley Carvers create relief carvings of landscape scenes, others practice chipping away at a block of wood until it ... who have handmade Santa Claus ornaments ready and waiting ...

Hand-carved, they were on display for the annual Wood Carvers Jamboree at DeLeon ... from hand-turned ink pens and walking sticks to Santa Claus faces and cypress knee gnomes.

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 spool of wood. “She is 82 and I just turned 89 ...

An occupational therapist by trade, Dahlin said he's gotten into all kinds of hobbies over the years, including wood carving ... a tomte looks like a small santa, and is "considered to be ...

a "Captain Claus" at the wheel of a ship, Santas in ornately painted capes by Russian artists, Santa faces to hang on a wall and two Santa acrobats carved from a single piece of wood mix and mingle.

Jack York, an avid wood ... Santa beard year round. He is Santa to hundreds of children in the Anniston area. Jack and wife Belinda share the task of making the canes,. He does all of the carving ...