(AP) -- Joe Stebbing started out carving wood ... a chain saw. Blades that a chain saw carver uses are typically smaller than those used to cut logs. Stebbing's carvings go way beyond the bears ...

Watch as a massive wooden bear takes shape through the skillful ... Crafted from a single block of wood, this amazing chainsaw carving brings a powerful natural element to life, capturing the ...

IT’S LOUD, IT’S ROWDY, BUT THAT’S PART OF THE DRAW ALEX: AS JASON EMMONS GUIDES HIS CHAINSAW ... Wood carving is an art that requires patience and skill.Jason Emmons and his wife, Cindy, own ...

FROM DOWNTOWN FRENCH LIKE THIS WEEKEND IS CHAINSAW ARTIST SHOW OFF THEIR CRAFT. WE ARE HERE WITH BEAR HOLLOW WOOD CARVER’S FOUNDER ... PHENOMENAL CARVINGS ALL WEEKEND LONG.

Lantz, who with his wife Courtney owns and operates Extreme Sculpting, has been creating arresting figures of bears, fish, deer and other wildlife out of wood for about a decade. He said last week ...

Morgan hired a wood carver to sculpt a 10-foot-tall bear out of an oak- tree stump in his yard off West 54th Street. The work was done by Bud Emerson of Creative Chainsaw Carvings in Wellington.

No, she didn't trade the cows for magic beans, but she did buy a sawmill, which launched her career as a chain saw carving artist ... and - her specialty - black bears. It's a labor of love ...