Alongside the Yukon River in Whitehorse this weekend, you can hear the steady sound of chopping, and the crunch of people walking on spruce chips. Little by little — hour by hour — people are making a ...

An adze is an essential tool for those who work with wood by hand. Its shape and structure give you specific control while processing wood, especially when chopping curved forms, planning, and ...

Sealaska Heritage Institute is incorporating a traditional Native carving method into the building of the Walter Soboleff Center in Juneau. Wayne Price is a Tlingit carver from Haines. He’s using an ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaiian Word of the Day is ko'i. Ko'i is the Hawaiian name for an adze, the main tool used for woodworking and carving. One of the earliest tools made and utilized by ...

In a carving shed in Sitka National Historical Park, a team of five well-known carvers are continuing, and reviving, an art practiced since time immemorial — carving a wooden dugout canoe from the ...

Learn the art of forging axes in this video. Discover the techniques and tools involved in the process, along with insights on the materials used and the steps to create your own axe from scratch. #Fo ...

Past meets present in a new exhibit of Chinook carving at the Washington State History Museum, featuring work by the Carving Apprenticeship Program of the Shoalwater Bay Indian tribe of Willapa Bay, ...

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