Most of the animals he carved were made from pieces of pine taken from local woodworking shops and sawmills. He carved the wood, covered the carving with plaster, then painted or varnished it. Most ...

Dutch designer Floris Hovers is perhaps best known for his ‘duotone’ stylised wooden cars, vans and trucks, but his collection of wooden animals offers a new expressive point of view on minimalist ...

Folk artist Isaac Smith typically woke up at his Oak Cliff home around 7 a.m. and drank a beer before picking up an ax and a knife to spend the rest of his day carving animals out of wood. Smith, 72, ...