'Chainsaw carving' by Helen Betts

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23-AUG-2017

'Chainsaw carving'

Bears are big in this part of the country, in addition to being numerous in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We saw this “chainsaw carving” operation on the main road in Wears Valley. Not a great capture as taken from a moving car, but I just found this kind of “woodart” interesting.

Buy a bear, posted earlier:

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MarcViskens		02-Sep-2017 09:09
Very nice

Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal		02-Sep-2017 07:05
I saw this recently in Switzerland, wonderful to see, nice shot.

Isabel Cutler		02-Sep-2017 03:47
Mountain Dan was famous in this area for performing at various events. I'm pretty pleased with myself for being able to find his picture among my poorly documented galleries here on pbase - only took me three gallery tries!http://www.pbase.com/isabel95/image/143590768

William Barletta		02-Sep-2017 01:58
A fine example of a vanishing folk art ~V~

Regine L.		02-Sep-2017 00:17
Some of these artists are very talented. Last fall we saw some artists at a fair and their work was outstanding. There is a wood carver not too far from where we life, who specializes in turning live trees into sculptures. Most of the trees he uses were set for being cut down, but the owners wanted to keep its memory alive.

Range View		02-Sep-2017 00:14
A great capture from the moving car Helen. We have a chainsaw wood carving competion once a year here in Victoria. V Barbara