Most historical accounts end up in writing, but Louis Butcher followed a more natural route. Throughout the past year, he has spent free time turning a massive tree stump in his front yard in the ...

Chainsaw artist Butch Elrod of Kennewick works on carving an eagle in a maple tree stump in the yard of a Kennewick home at the intersection of South Olympia Street and West 37th Place. The homeowners ...

A little more than a year ago, David R. Alcala was faced with a dilemma. Namely, what to do with a tree stump that needed to come down in front of a one-story house he owned at 534 N.E. Chandler St.

Craftspeople have been chopping down and fashioning dead trees into beautiful things since they got the hang of opposable thumbs. Manitou Springs artist and chainsaw carver David Gonzales turns dead ...