Chainsaw sculpture!

August 2, 2007 11:25 PM

Chainsaw carving. For kids, too! Videos of some neat carvings in progress.
posted by Upton O'Good (8 comments total)

"Hey, where'd my house go?"
"Chainsaw dude made your likeness--
Isn't it purty?"
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 11:34 PM on August 2, 2007

I always get in trouble when I carve kids with chainsaws.
posted by BrotherCaine at 11:35 PM on August 2, 2007

Hey! That chainsaw sounds just like a lyrebird imitating a chainsaw!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 12:07 AM on August 3, 2007

I liked the nude carving in the background better than the owl.
posted by mrbill at 12:11 AM on August 3, 2007

There's a guy in Stowe, Vermont that does the same thing. I only see bears when I drive by, but they're huge and the detail is amazing.
posted by C17H19NO3 at 2:05 AM on August 3, 2007

Nice work, but it would be better if he used an electric chainsaw. That two stroke Husqvarna is putting out a nasty plume of stink and haze.
posted by seanmpuckett at 4:55 AM on August 3, 2007

I liked the nude carving in the background...

Chainsaw carving in the nude could be pretty dangerous, though.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:52 AM on August 3, 2007

In the downtown area of London, Ontario, a man with a chainsaw is turning the trunks of dead trees into sculptures. I passed scaffolding wrapped around an eighteen-foot tree trunk, across from the old library, a couple days ago. The man atop the scaffolding was arranging his equipment. I didn't stop to wait for the noise or watch how he does it.
posted by TimTypeZed at 8:20 AM on August 3, 2007