Columbia Daily Tribune

Q: If I carved my name in a tree, where would the carving be if I came back to the tree several years later?

This question was provided by students from Ms. Tyus’ fifth-grade class at Benton Elementary. “Trees grow at the tips of their branches instead of the base of the trunk, a carving in the tree would ...
Oregonian

Carving initials spells O-U-C-H for a living tree: Valentine's Day last minute blast

Rather than carving a heart, Andrew Land, neighborhood trees specialist with Friends of Trees suggests a tree- and Earth-friendly alternative: Dedicate a tree in a loved one's name through Friends of ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Zen and the art of wood carving

There’s yard art, and then there’s yard art. Lawrence sculptor Dave Werdin-Kennicott’s latest work belongs in the latter category – that of something different and special. “This is not the typical ...
KRQE Blogs

Sculptor creating wood carving out of dead tree trunk in Rio Rancho

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – There’s wood carving, and then there’s serious wood-carving. The Rio Rancho Observer reports the city is paying wood sculptor Mark Chavez $5,000 to turn a dead tree trunk at ...