She grew up riding this merry-go-round. Oklahoma’s oldest wood carousel. Image KFOR She smiled for a picture at the age of five or six, and was able to find the very same horse in 2022.

When he received it 18 years ago from a fellow carousel enthusiast, its paint was chemically stripped, pieces of its wooden body were rotted away and there were at least 250 nails holding it together.

He sells a full-sized carousel horse for $6,500 and a rocker for $3,000. Most experts agree that Joe Leonard, a master carver in Mansfield, Ohio, is the best wooden carousel horse carver in the ...

The bejeweled, hollow horses in New Orleans' City Park have been whirling inside their pavilion for over 100 years. Given ...

The centuries old craft of wood carousel carving lives on in Ohio. A family owned company is keeping alive the timeless craftsmanship of hand carved horses and other merry-go-round pieces. When you ...

A carousel horse whisperer — Wichitan Marlene Irvin, who rode the horses as a child — is bringing them, one by one, back to a new life: shiny, earth-toned, decorated with the tendrils of ...

Roswell Parks and Recreation say the horse has a special significance. “It’s made out of wood…horses on the carousel are all hand-carved,” said Jim Burress, with the city’s Parks department.

This column on the art of the carousel is in response to readers who asked how volunteers actually carved the horses on the Berkshire Carousel. Figure carving for carousels became a lost art in 1930.

A-Faux fruit has been a favorite in decorating since the turn of the century. After plastic was invented, beaded fruit replaced the stone, wood and velvet versions. In the 1940s and ’50s, craft ...

SAGINAW, MI -- A wooden horse bearing a Confederate flag ornament and Confederate States of America lettering no longer rides on the Saginaw Children's Zoo carousel. The horse was taken off the ...

SODDY DAISY, Tenn. • Bud Ellis, founder of Horsin’ Around Carousel Carving School in Soddy Daisy, Tenn. (just north of Chattanooga), says with a smile that “if you can walk ...