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.

WASHINGTON – On a humid Saturday afternoon in the shadow of the Washington National Cathedral, Esme Ohlsen sat atop a colorful wooden horse and waved to her mother and grandmother as she and a dozen ...

The heart of Mansfield in north central Ohio isn't a city hall or a sculpture or a fountain. It's a carousel. It was made locally in the 1990s, and it's become a cherished part of the community. But ...

Alas for that endangered species: the wooden carousel horse. Once, they galloped by the hundreds on the Jersey shore. Then, they seemed to go extinct. Only to turn up suddenly, miraculously — like ...

WASHINGTON – On a humid Saturday afternoon in the shadow of the Washington National Cathedral, Esme Ohlsen sat atop a colorful wooden horse and waved to her mother and grandmother as she and a dozen ...

An Ohio town that used to be known for its handmade carousels lost the last manufacturer during the pandemic. A new craftsman is taking up the chisel to revive the artform. The heart of Mansfield in ...