Saturday, March 07, 2009

Camera Critters 47

Our town's annual chainsaw carving rendezvous was two weeks ago. The carvers make these incredibly detailed pieces of art out of a log and a chainsaw. Thought I'd share a couple of my favorite pieces.

OK, technically, Anubis isn't an animal, he's a God, but he does have the head of a jackal, so I thought it would work. :)



For more information or to check out some of the awesome photos, stop by Camera Critters to learn more about it.

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17 Comments:

Blogger This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Gretchen: What a neat look at some special works of art. I will post later today.

6:11 AM  
Blogger Maude Lynn said...

Those are just amazing! I don't know how they do it!

9:33 AM  
Blogger Michele said...

Gosh, those are some incredible pieces for sure!! Wow.... very neat indeed!

Hope your weekend is going well.
Mountain Retreat

11:54 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would not have thought that possible. D'star has fallen for the dragon... of course.

12:28 PM  
Blogger Jeanne said...

That is way awesome. There's a place we go by when we're in Vermont that does some amazing work but Anubis is really wow!

4:38 PM  
Blogger Willard said...

Excellent photos of some amazing craftsmanship. I don't see how they can do that.

10:15 PM  
Blogger floreta said...

interesting! i love the interpretive critters.

12:48 AM  
Blogger Lilli & Nevada said...

These are so beautiful, they did a wonderful job

3:01 AM  
Blogger Gattina said...

That's very nice ! It changes us a bit from dogs, cats and cows, lol !

3:48 AM  
Blogger RA said...

Hi Gretchen, thanks for the warm welcome. These are amazing carvings. I have heard about Anubis... Is there also a story behind the second one? Best wishes :)

5:07 AM  
Blogger JCB said...

Anubis works for me! It is unbelievable what they can do with a chain saw! All that detail is incredible. I have a difficult time using a chainsaw to chop a log in half!

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8:03 AM  
Blogger i beati said...

very special Thanks Sandy

10:11 AM  
Blogger Carolina said...

Oh wow, look at the detail on the dragon. That's incredible. Great critters!

2:21 PM  
Blogger Jane Hards Photography said...

Amazing works of art to be created with a chainshaw and the lateral thinking on cthe cretaure is inpsired.

3:08 PM  
Blogger Adrienne Zwart said...

What an interesting post. It amazes me the detail the artists are able to achieve with such a large tool. Great post!

2:56 PM  
Blogger AppleDebbie said...

Wow, the details in the carvings are amazing! I like the cat (I think it's a cat) at Anubis' feet.

3:24 AM  
Blogger Heart of Rachel said...

Those are amazing wood sculptures. Such great details.

Thanks for visiting my other blog.

8:32 AM  

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