And respect.’” The Brainards hired and consulted with a non-Native master carver, Vic Hansen, on the totem poles. He worked with the NATIVES students on carving techniques and safety.

Totem Pole Playhouse has announced the lineup for its 75th anniversary season, featuring a variety of musicals and plays. The season includes classics like "9 to 5 The Musical" and "The 39 Steps ...

"Totem poles” refer to monumental carvings made from tree trunks by Indigenous peoples from the northern Northwest Coast, in what is now Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. These impressive ...

Knowles brings the animals out by cutting, chipping and scraping the pieces of wood with his 18-inch Stihl chainsaw turning ... Like the Alaskan Native-style totem pole he sculpted for a man ...

His other local pole, of a bear and salmon, adorns the government dock in xwilkway (Halfmoon Bay). Besides hand-carving cedar creations with an adze, Derek has wielded a chainsaw to create a totem ...

In January, local Tlingit artist Fred Fulmer began carving an 11-foot, 400-pound totem pole at his north Everett home for the Petersburg Indian Association, a tribe in Southeast Alaska.

His first chain saw carving was a small magnolia wood bear, a precursor to the aforementioned totem pole that can now be seen from the Catawba River. “The 11-foot monument is currently on display in ...

A series of carvings were created by chainsaw artist Mike Burgess A giant mural and carved totem poles have been created in a city park following awards of £85,000 from the government's ...

Chainsaw artist, Mike Burgess, created a large totem pole featuring a hand carved butterfly ... and this has shaped the designs for the carvings." Mr Burgess said he had "really enjoyed" making ...

Chainsaw artist Mike has created a large centrepiece totem pole featuring a hand-carved ... community and this has shaped the designs for the carvings. I’ve really enjoyed making them and ...