There is a dragon in the home of Betty and Bob Padden at 341 Oxford St. North. When they finish carving and painting it, the 5-foot wooden serpent will hang in Chester, Canada, over the entrance to ...

In this video, I introduce the process of building a hand-carved sign for my logo using poplar wood, without the use of a CNC machine. The project involves using a router for bulk material removal ...

Diane Balch defines entrepreneurship. What started out as her husband’s hobby has turned her stay-at-home-mom status into a full-time job coordinating the production of custom-carved wood signs as ...

Ron Schell’s carved signs have been drawing eyeballs upward for more than three decades. Crafted by hand, Schell’s attention-grabbing pieces occupy pride of place outside downtown shops looking to set ...

EAST PEORIA — When Robert Prunty sees a wooden stump he wonders what type of animal he could carve into it. Prunty, 65, of East Peoria said he has always been artistic and liked to draw as a youth. “I ...