While at our local fair last week, we ran across a demonstration by Jason Emmons from Bear Hollow Wood Carvers. He is part of a team that creates sculptures from logs using a chainsaw.
He started with just a log.
He refined the body.....
I hope you will check out the link. Mr. Emmons, and his team, are truly some talented gentlemen. Galleries of their work are on their web page.
that is just flippin' amazing that folks can do that with a chainsaw!!! i think sculpting is just fascinating anyway - to be able to chip away at a block to make a form emerge that was hidden somewhere inside... it takes true vision...
ReplyDeleteThat is neat...I've seen the sculptures but never have seen them do it before.
ReplyDeleteI love that they auction them off at the end of the week as a fundraiser! I was given one of these chainsaw bears as a wedding gift and she sits outside my front door....love her!
ReplyDeleteI am always amazed when I see how they do this...to think, that bear was hiding in that tree!
ReplyDeleteThese guys amaze me with their talent.
ReplyDeleteYes! I love this - such talent and I love how rustic it all is :)
ReplyDeleteI've seen these before and I always find it amazing! The talent to do that is beyond me...with a big ole chainsaw...great work!
ReplyDeleteLove watching chainsaw carving! We have a few bears around our place!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat post, showing how this is done. My husband has been wanting an eagle sculpture done this way for a while. Hope they made lots of money in the auction! Did you buy one?
ReplyDelete((hugs)), Teresa :-)
How they can do that with a chainsaw I will never know!
ReplyDeleteTeresa - I did not buy one, but would like to. They were estimated to auction for $500-$800 dollars.
ReplyDeleteWow that's amazing!
ReplyDeleteOutstanding work. It reminds me of the horse I saw carved by the same method at Worcester.
ReplyDeleteI am truly amazed. Mostly because I can't even frost a cake without it looking like crap. I can't imagine taking something so powerful and using it to make such fine details.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I would call Amazing...What talent this guy has!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it was interesting to watch..
shug
He is good. I witnessed a similar scene a while back, amazing what so´me people can do with a chainsaw.
ReplyDeleteThat is very cool. he's cutting away everything that doesn't look like a bear.
ReplyDeletethat is just awesome....I wish i had a talent like that...I love wood...
ReplyDeleteThat is too cute. I wonder if he travels around we had an event like this at the Balloon Fiesta.
ReplyDeleteFun! And what a great job he did! Sculpting has always fascinated me. I don't know how they do it!
ReplyDeleteThat is pretty remarkable. They do good work.
ReplyDeleteDid you notice if he had all his fingers? Amazing that he can make this out of a log and so fast, really neat and i love that they were auctioned off to raise money for fair. I wanted to thank you for visiting my space and your kind comments alwways make me smile. BTW your list is wonderful! Happy Summer!
ReplyDeleteJen
Awesome work - incredible talent.
ReplyDeleteCool work!
ReplyDeleteThat is so neat. I would love to have one of those, only maybe a raccoon instead of a bear. Not many bears in Nebraska. ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is great, I would really like to try, but I'll probably end up with some missing fingers...
ReplyDeleteWow I am always amazed to see this. I can watch these guys work their magic every time. B
ReplyDeleteAmazing to see such work.
ReplyDeleteI always fine these so amazing!!!
ReplyDeletewishing you a very lovely day,
doreen
awesome, awesome, awesome...thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletei LOVE these too....they seem so SUMMERTIME to me....
ReplyDeletelove the animals they make out of a log...
so cute
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So much talent and vision these guys have! We have a group that comes to our state fair and does the same thing. they are just awesome!
ReplyDeleteWell, I tightened a screw in my eye glasses the other day. Still, I'm impressed by these guys.
ReplyDeleteJust amazing how they do that...I never could understand it...ice sculpting too...crazy!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGotta love the fair!!!
I've seen artists like this work. Amazing! But so loud!
ReplyDeleteAnyone who can use a chainsaw to make a sculpture is amazing. That takes a lot of talent.
ReplyDeletewow. I bet that was really cool to watch.
ReplyDeleteLove these works of art and admire the artists who can hold a chain saw up that long to start and finish a project! Makes my back hurt just thinking about it! ;-)
ReplyDeleteAMAZING!
ReplyDeleteWe have 2 chainsaw bears on our porch. I love them! such talent!
ReplyDeleteI love it! My daughter-in-law calls my son by the nickname "Bear"! :)
ReplyDeleteThese folks amaze me with what they can do. But I also have zero artistic ability :(.
ReplyDeleteOne hour? Wow. And I love this kind of sculpture so much, I've seen lots in the Pacific Northwest!
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