Images copyright 2006 by Carl E. Feather. Appearing in the Winter 2006 Goldenseal magazine. For story, subscribe to Goldenseal.

	Boone County, W.Va., resident Matt Wilkingson carved all of these tools from hardwood. The tools are functional within the limits of the material's strength. He holds his greatest carving achievement, a functional battery-powered drill carved from wood.
			A utility worker for Dominion Energy, Matt Wilkinson carves the tools of his trade, like this pipe cuttter, in exact detail and scale.
		Matt Wilkinson carved these dies and pipe threader with the same attention to detail.
		Matt and his wife Ann enjoy a pond on their iproperty, in a secluded valley southwest of the state's capitol. They painted the American flag on the roof of the barn in the background. All images copyright 2005/2006 by Carl E. Feather