Instead, manufacturers could make carousel figures in the shape of cars, airplanes, spaceships, and bulldozers, or more “whimsical designs,” like shooting stars, rainbows, or brooms ...

My earlier columns discussed the history and art of carousels and the process involved in creating figures. This third and final article covers the remaining art of the carousel. Also, at the request ...

As the instructor at the nation's only full-time carousel-animal carving school, Larry Ridge, 75, is keeping a centuries-old ...