This Wizard who breeds dragons was sculpted from a large log of oakat The 7th English Open International Chainsaw Carving Competition, 2011. He was auctioned and reached the third highest price of the Competition.
This large owl which was created with chainsaws during the Sandringham Cup Competition, 2011, has a poem on the front :
There was an old Owl,
Who live in an oak.
The more he saw, the less he spoke.
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
Maybe we could learn from that wise old bird.
This sculpture was created with chainsaws at the Kedleston Cup, 2011. The Gamekeeper carries a broken shotgun.
This seven foot plus Wizard is holding one baby Dragon and another is hiding in his cloak to the left. He is looking into the distance to spot the return of the parents.
This piece was sculpted with chainsaws from a large log of good quality oak. It was sold at auction at the end of Woodfest Wales, 2011, for a record Woodfest price.
This Osprey was sculpted with a chainsaw at a European Chainsaw Carving Copetition in September, 2010. The wood is Giant Redwood. It was purchased at auction by a person from the Lake District - who has the perfect situation for the Osprey to sit by a Tarn and look at people driving up the driveway.
This Meercat Bench - with 'Simples' carved into the front of thebench, was sculpted with a chainsaw at the 'Carve Carrbridge' competition in Scotland in September, 2010. It took a hard 4 hours!
This chainsaw sculpture was created from a log of brown oak at the English Open International Chainsaw Carving Competition, held at Tabley, Cheshire in August, 2010. The sculpture depicts a tree with a small door. The Wizard is knocking on the door while an elf sitting on a branch is about to drop an acorn on his head. Menwhiule the Fairy who live sin the tree is about to fly away!
This seven foot plus chainsaw sculpture, using nothing other than chainsaws, was created at the Wales Woodfest, 2010. It was purchased at auction for the highest price of all sculptures, and is now on display at the front entrance of Gypsy Wood Park, Bontnewydd, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL55 2TY.
The dragon has seen something and has drawn the Wizard's attention to it. The Wizard is peering at it. Is the Dragon friendly, or not? He certainly has big claws.
This seven foot plus chainsaw sculpture, using nothing other than chainsaws, was created at the Wales Woodfest, 2010. It was purchased at auction for the highest price of all sculptures, and is now on display at the front entrance of Gypsy Wood Park, Bontnewydd, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL55 2TY.
The dragon has seen something and has drawn the Wizard's attention to it. The Wizard is peering at it. Is the Dragon friendly, or not? He certainly has big claws.
This large eagle was sculpted with achainsaw ONLY from a large log of Sitka Spruce. Its overall height is six feet. It was created in six hours at the England V Germany competition, Broadlands, Hampshire, May, 2010.
This stylised Golden Eagle was sculpted with chainsaws ONLY - in just four hours at the Carve Carrbridge International Chainsaw Carving Competition, at Carrbridge, Scotland, in September, 2009. I was placed third out of 28 chainsaw sculptors. It was sold at auction and now sits on a hillsdie near a farm in the Highlands of Scotland.
This is a seven foot high chainsaw carving I completed at a chainsaw carving competition at Reedsport, USA. I carved a native American Indian (holding a tomohawk) creeping around a tree, and on the other side a cowboy (holding a gun) creeping up behind the Indian.
This chainsaw carving was created from a log of Oak at the Wales Woodfest 2009. The 'Maestro' is over 6' high and is about to play a violin.
This eight foot high chainsaw carving was created in two days from a large log of oak, at Seeburg-See, Germany where it won first place (the 'People's Choice' as voted by those attending) in a chainsaw carving event.
The event involved eleven chainsaw carvers from Germany and other countries including America.
It was sold at the auction at the end of the event and is now in the large garden of Marko and Annamaria in Werxhausen, Germany.
This 'Axeman' was chainsaw carved for a bit of fun at the APF, 2008, Forestry exhibition at Cannock Chase Staffordshire. The wood is Redwood.
The 'Axeman' was bought at auction by a person from Southern Ireland.