With an overview of chainsaw carving, detailing its advent and growth in the United States, this guide covers the early pioneers from the 1950s through the 1970s and profiles 15 of today's most accomplished chainsaw artists and their most famous pieces. Featuring work commissioned for museums, malls, businesses, and backyards, this book also discusses the diversity, achievements, and future of this stylish art. An easy-to-follow, step-by-step chapter instructing readers on how to carve their own chair with a chainsaw is included.
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Jessie Groeschen is a full time artist and woodcarver, and the creator of the Cutting Edge publication for the Cascade Chainsaw Sculptors Guild. She lives on Whidbey Island in Washington.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Fabulous overview of the field,
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This review is from: Art of Chainsaw Carving: An Insider's Look at 18 Artists Working Against the Grain (Paperback)
I'm very happy to have this book, to show people who come to see my carvings, to inspire me, and to reinforce the idea that there are as many approaches to carving as there are carvers, and only a few of them involve bears.
The book is excellently produced, with great photos and entertaining text. I have met some of the carvers featured, and it's good to know more of their history and approach to carving. For the record, there's one step-by-step in the book; Jessie showing how to carve a chair. If you want to learn how to carve, there are other books. But if you want to know why we carve, this is the one.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Great documentary on the art of Chainsaw Carving,
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This review is from: Art of Chainsaw Carving: An Insider's Look at 18 Artists Working Against the Grain (Paperback)
Jessie Groeschen does an excellent job documenting chainsaw carving from the "Founding Fathers" (and Mothers) to modern day artists. She also includes summaries of some of the more prestigious events in this relatively unknown form of artwork. The biographies also include a plethora of pictures of each artist's works. To top it off the author provides a step by step pictorial to create your own chainsaw art. It would be a great coffee table book for chainsaw enthusiasts, art enthusiasts, and/or Pacific Northwest culture enthusiasts.
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great pictures!,
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The pictures are great and the stories of the artists are so interesting. It's amazing what can be done with a chainsaw!
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Speed, danger, and excitement are just three of the intriguing elements of chainsaw carving. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chainsaw carvers, chainsaw carving, carving events, dovetail router bit, chainsaw art, carving bar, carving competition, other carvers, carving contest, early artists, commission pieces, western red cedar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Susan Miller, Art of Chainsaw Carvir, The Big One, British Columbia, Chester Armstrong, Ben Risney, Ken Kaiser, Paul Bunyan, World Championships, Trees of Mystery, Glenn Greensides, Steve Blanchard, World's Fair, Dennis Roghair, Lois Hollingsworth, Ray Murphy, American Center, Brenda Hubbard, Don Colp, Edith Croft, Masters of the Chainsaw, Steve Backus, Wild Mountain Man, Hill City, Kevin Gilders New!
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Speed, danger, and excitement are just three of the intriguing elements of chainsaw carving. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chainsaw carvers, chainsaw carving, carving events, dovetail router bit, chainsaw art, carving bar, carving competition, other carvers, carving contest, early artists, commission pieces, western red cedar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Susan Miller, Art of Chainsaw Carvir, The Big One, British Columbia, Chester Armstrong, Ben Risney, Ken Kaiser, Paul Bunyan, World Championships, Trees of Mystery, Glenn Greensides, Steve Blanchard, World's Fair, Dennis Roghair, Lois Hollingsworth, Ray Murphy, American Center, Brenda Hubbard, Don Colp, Edith Croft, Masters of the Chainsaw, Steve Backus, Wild Mountain Man, Hill City, Kevin Gilders New!
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- Brother Bear by Random House Disney on page 68, and page 71
- Chainsaw Carving a Bear by Jamie Doeren in Back Matter
- Wood Carving by Freda Skinner in Back Matter
- The Cutting Edge by Kalamazoo Inst of Art in Front Matter
- Drawing Mammals by Doug Lindstrand in Back Matter
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