joelbolden

I was driving along Black Moshannon Lake, here in Central Pennsylvania, when I spotted this work in progress carved from what's left of a snapped off dead oak. Thought he was finished, then went back a couple of days later and viewed the finished product. The artist with the chainsaw goes by the moniker of Knotty Ray(he has a website); a young very talented man.

NMGal Loc: NE NM

I wouldn’t mind having that.

josquin1 Loc: Massachusetts

the face looks like a lion.

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

Where I live in WV, we have several men that make various bear and eagle carvings with a chainsaw. It is a real talent! They often set up near a gas station or shopping center and demonstrate their skills while having a few to sell at the same time.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

trackmag

My wife and her sisters own the first house built on the north end of Lake Tahoe. Built in 1917. Wonderful
little place. When a big (and I mean big) pine tree died three or four years ago, they hired one of the local
chairsaw artists to turn it into a bear. He did a wonderful job, and it's 18-foot tall. Will post a photo. If you
are ever driving around the north end of Tahoe its on Flick St. in Carnelian Bay. A block north of Garwood's.
Just ask anyone around there and they can give you directions.

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

Talented people who do this are difficult to find. In searching northern Michigan we found less than a few people who can carve using a saw. Found a sculptor who was willing to learn. He did a feather out of a maple trunk that I find very appealing. Then he did another that turned out well, a pair of hands touching index finger tips in a top-and-bottom arrangement. He spent more time using a rotating grinder than the saw. I have a third piece by the same sculptor that he did in his studio, a human upper body in the lotus position that is supported on a steel apparatus that is not easily seen. People think it is floating. A major difference exists between sculpting in a studio and in the field. We do not have many people interested in doing this kind of artistry. A friend has suggested the reason may be only 25% of our entire county is wired for internet. Interesting concept. Not sure I understand the connection, but still interesting.

1Feathercrest Loc: NEPA

He is an artist. A sculptor with a chainsaw. A difficult talent .

bobbyjohn Loc: Dallas, TX

Last year at the Texas State Fair in Dallas, wife and I sat for a demo given by a chain-saw artist who made such artwork as seen from the pictures above. It took him about 20 minutes to make a nice bust of any kind of animal imaginable...for the demo it was on a smaller scale than pictured...about 2-3 feet in height. He would paint them later.

Not sure if this Knotty Ray is the same guy referenced above, but such talent is superb.