Wood Carvers

I had a idea the other day to go out to Townsend and see what they had at the wood carvers. My plan was to get prices on a large chainsaw carved Wolf. Believe it or not, some of the large chainsaw carvings were less then the smaller hand tool carvings. The person working there pointed out that all the detail in the smaller ones can be a whole lot more difficult. It makes total sense. They don't only use chisels, But they use dental tolls as well both power drills and the hand held scrapers. With these tools they can make very fine details like feathers and fur. With the chainsaw the size of the carving is significant but the detail is less. They have no problem with people taking photos there and I'm thinking about going back ( and remember my DSLR camera. Here is a couple of the pictures I took with my point and shot camera. Not as fine and detailed but they do show the creativity of these craftsmen. heres a couple of photos taken. As always you can view many more shots on my Flickr site. Just click on My Photos on the right side of this page. Enjoy and go take some photos. You'll have fun doing it and have the pictures to remember the experience.

 Hand carved indian head. Looks like it was carved from cedar, could have been hickory Aprox,12x20.

This is a chainsaw carved wolf that is 4' tall and comes with a 6' tall indian holding an eagle on his outstretched arm. You can buy it for $8,000.