With precision and skill, Michael Watson carefully edges his chainsaw over the exposed, dried-out log in front of him until it resembles a face. He is carving the long beard of a wood spirit into a ...

"For me, it's easier to stand the log on end to make vertical cuts," Barnes says. He sinks a 6-foot log into a shallow hole and uses a chain saw to mill two 3-inch-thick slabs for use as a back and ...

SALISBURY, N.Y. — Rembrandt worked in oils. Michelangelo carved marble. Mark Tyoe chainsaws big tree trunks. At his home just south of New York’s Adirondack Mountains, Tyoe carves soaring eagles, ...