Chainsaw carving originated in the 1950s when Ray Murphy introduced it as an art form. In the early 1960s, chainsaw companies began marketing their products at fairs and expos featuring chainsaw carving. While chainsaws seem like unusual tools for art, many artists have been using them to sculpt wood into various forms like animals, furniture, and garden decorations. It requires years of practice and effort to gain the skills to transform blocks of wood into detailed sculptures seemingly with ease using a chainsaw.

1. Chainsaw
Carving
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2. When chainsaw carving was first
introduced in the 1950's by the
chainsaw artist who is Ray Murphy,
chainsaw carving has been getting
more and more popular. It wasn't until
the early 1960's that chainsaw
dealerships began lining up at fairs
and expos to peddle their wares at
these truly artistic events.

3. Also lots of new artists began to
experiment with chainsaw carving,
including Brenda Hubbard, Judy
McVay, Don Colp, Cherie Currie
(former Runaways lead singer), Susan
Miller, Mike McVay, and Lois
Hollingsworth.

4. Chainsaw carving is an exciting
development in the ancient tradition of
woodcarving, an art form almost as
old as man himself. Woodcarving
began out of necessity, as early man
fashioned primitive tools by shaping
wood with sharp rocks and bones.

5. In this day and age though, the
carving is done with revved-up,
sawdust-spitting tools and is a
segment of the art world where the
scent of pine and motor oil are as vital
as the sculptor's hands and eyes in
creating gorgeous works of art.
Chainsaw woodcarving is as American
as apple pie and resulted in increased
interest in woodcarving.

6. At first glance, chainsaws don’t seem
like the most creative tools in the
world and most people think that it is
just an ordinary tool use for logging
activities like felling, limbing, bucking,
but artists have been using them to
create sculpture for years.

7. Nowadays, carvers use chainsaws to
sculpt everything they wanted to
create such as, garden decorations,
furnitures and all of their amazing
works of art. This new book takes a
look at the talented artists who
pioneered the art form as well as
contemporary carvers who are forging
new ground.

8. Whether you’ve been thinking about
getting involved in chainsaw carving
or prefer to admire the work from a
safe distance, the sculptures will leave
you wondering “how did they do that
with a chainsaw?”

9. Yes, sometimes you could hardly
believe that there are talented artists
in this world can swing a saw and in a
few hours an animal comes to life from
within the wood. It's pretty amazing
right? Those who are expert in
chainsaw carving make it look easy
like they are just carving from
chocolate bar and not from wood.

10. In fact, they were not learned this
skill just overnight. It took years,
hardworks, efforts and sacrifices to
get to where they are today.
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