James Siegl passed away in early 2014 at 81. He taught woodcarving at Wisconsin Technical schools in Fond du Lac and Calumet ...

Like many regional craftsmen, wood carver Jonathan Bastian collects examples of old Pennsylvania German crafts and creates his own modern interpretations. But in recent years, Bastian’s hand-carved ...

Georgia Boyse has three distinct wood Santa Claus carvings, each representing a different time period in her 36 years as a wood carver. One is a small ornament, while the other is more sleek and ...

It's been 25 years since Kevin Major's beloved book, House of Wooden Santas, hit the shelves. Now, nestled in a small nook outside of the archives in The Rooms, are the original 24 hand-carved ...

It starts as 48x4x8 block of wood, but when Norman Altman sits behind his work bench in Syracuse, he sees Santa Claus in the raw material. Each year, Norman Altman hand-carves and paints wooden Santa ...

SALEM, Va. (WDBJ) - “A little piece at a time, see, you can shave it,” says Thomas Crickenberger as he works on another carving. All he needs to stay entertained for hours is a pocket knife and a ...

Goody’s Decoys, the name on a shop on Elkridge’s Main Street, disguises what really goes on inside. Seated at a workbench is a jolly man with a silvery white beard and a round belly. Late into the ...

On display around Antioch are hand-carved, wooden Santas, complete with curly beards and bags filled with carved toys, and sailors smoking wooden pipes. They were crafted by a sweet-voiced Antioch ...

BROCKTON — If you drive through Stoughton regularly, you may have seen a man sitting outside doing wood carvings of little Santas. He is 76-year-old Warren Dahlin and his creations aren't actually ...

SHEBOYGAN – A display of more than 100 wooden hand-carved Santa Claus figures can be viewed until early next week at Uptown Social, 1817 N. Eighth St. The James V. Siegl and Helene Y. Siegl Santa ...