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Editor's note: Cabin Fever is held each winter and consists of two sessions. This year, the first session was held Dec. 20-23, and the second will take place Monday through Friday.

In room 108 of Brockman Hall on Montana State University-Northern's campus, John Matta's class of 10 attentive pupils are hard at work. Using razor blades, gouges, chisels and other tools, the students hone their wood-carving skills by whittling a humanlike face out of chunks of cottonwood bark.

Step by step, Matta, who has carved wooden figurines as a hobby for decades, guides his class through the carving proce...