J.D. Bussman is learning a new skill at 88 years old. Bussman is learning how to make fan birds from old fence posts. “I always like to try out new things,” Bussman said of his new hobby. “I though ...

MENDON -- You could say Jim Podsiadlo's new business is for the birds, and you'd be right. Just remove the phrase's negative connotations and you have a creative venture that has literally taken wing.

Leathers carved with all kinds of patterns like grass and flowers, mountains and lakes, birds and beasts and various tattoos are hanging on walls and sitting on shelves at a workshop in Changchun, ...