KINGSLEY, Iowa -- Five nestle in a chair's arm at the kitchen table. A few steps away, at the basement landing, four more lean into a nook. Walking sticks and canes all, they are crafted by retired ...

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, craftsmen from many different regions of the country used a peculiar form of sculpture — the whittled walking stick — to communicate social signals, convey ...

When country craftsperson Tim Anson was given his first penknife on his eighth birthday by his father, little did he know it would spark a lifelong passion. "He taught me how to keep it sharp and how ...

Former Minnesota Duluth hockey player Bob Bell gave a mini-tour of his garage last week in Duluth’s Congdon Park neighborhood, and it was about what one would expect from an old industrial arts ...