In his basement, he carved up a piece of scrap wood and turned it into a little ... “They should be fine forever.” “Elly the Elephant,” his next masterpiece, was bigger-boned, heavier ...

Mor understood that poaching elephants for their tusks was a serious ... and lotus flower designs carved from red wood and tagua. Mor admits to being apprehensive about how her clients will ...

In a week’s time, the group crafts hundreds of wooden elephant statues for sale through ... “For the artists here, the set of skills and knack for carving these sculptures is passed down ...

well-versed in a "long tradition of carving, mainly in wood." Among them were the Vili, who traditionally hunted elephants (the meat was a dietary staple). After the Portuguese arrived in the ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed an ornately carved 2,800-year-old elephant tusk in what may ... "It was probably added as an ornament to a wooden box or furniture made of wood in its ...

A piece of decoratively carved wood experts believe is the oldest ever found in Britain has gone on display. The 6,000-year-old piece of oak, found in Boxford, Berkshire, was only the second wood ...

He began honing his craft in the late 1920s, when his wife’s reaction to a wooden elephant he’d carved for her birthday inspired him to create an entire miniature zoo, and eventually garnered ...

As artisan Rupa carefully paints a wooden elephant, she smiles, knowing that her work is part of a legacy that has endured for generations. In every stroke of color and every carved curve ...

elephants and snakes. He uses wood he picks up from local residents and keeps his collection of carvings on his front garden. "It's something to talk about," he said. "All the nice compliments I ...