List of chainsaw carving competitions
Chainsaw carving competitions are competitive events held all over the world where contestants display their skills in the act of chainsaw carving.
Australia
Canada
- Chetwynd (International) Chainsaw Carving Competition (Championship), Chetwynd, British Columbia[2] held annually since 2005[3]
- Brigade Days/Hope Chainsaw Carving Competition, Hope, British Columbia, biannually[4]
- Prince George Chain Saw Carving Competition, Prince George, British Columbia
Japan
- Tōei, Aichi, since 2001[5]
United Kingdom
- Carve Carrbridge, Carrbridge, Scotland, held annually since 2003[6]
- English Open Chainsaw Carving Competition, Tatton Park, Cheshire, England, since 2005[7]
United States
Alaska
- Seldovia Craft Invitational Chainsaw Competition, Seldovia, Alaska, annually since 2006[8]
Oregon
- Reedsport Chainsaw Carving Competition/Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting Championship, Reedsport, Oregon,[9] held annually since 2000[10]
Pennsylvania
- Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous, Ridgway, Pennsylvania, held annually since 2000[11]
Washington
- Burning Bear, Ocean City, Washington[12][13]
- Sedro Woolley Logger-Rodeo (Loggerodeo), Sedro Woolley, Washington, since before 1999[14]
- Sequim Irrigation Fest, Sequim, Washington, featuring Logging Show since 1989[15]
- Sand and Sawdust, Ocean Shores, Washington[16]
- Texas Chainsaw Pumpkin Carving Contest, Fremont Oktoberfest in Seattle since before 2005, draws 30,000 spectators[17]
Wisconsin
- US Open Chainsaw Sculpture Championship, Eau Claire, Wisconsin[18]
References
- ↑ Ryan Lipman (24 May 2014), "The world's loudest art form: Chainsaw sculptors turn giant chunks of wood into lyrebirds, seahorses and life-size swagmen", Daily Mail
- ↑ Chetwynd chainsaw carving sale has community buzzing: Mayor says it was tough to part with sculptures, but public collection getting too big, CBC, February 22, 2016
- ↑ "Chainsaw Carvings – history", Official website, Chetwynd Visitor Centre/District of Chetwynd, British Columbia, retrieved 2016-09-01
- ↑ "Arts and Culture: Chainsaw Carving Competition", Official website, Hope, British Columbia, 2015, retrieved 2016-09-01
- ↑ "The 16th Chainsaw Art Competition in Toei", Japan Times, May 24, 2016
- ↑ Wood work: Images from Carrbridge's chainsaw contest, BBC, 1 September 2014
- ↑ "Tatton Park hosts English Open Chainsaw Carving Competition", Messenger Newspapers (UK), Newsquest , August 8, 2009
- ↑ Jenny Chissus (August 28, 2013), "Chips to fly this weekend in chainsaw competition", Homer News, Homer, Alaska
- ↑ "Chainsaw Sculpting Championships", Oregon Coast, May 2008
- ↑ Steve Lindsley (June 24, 2015), "Carving creates a stir in chainsaw capital", The Umpqua Post
- ↑ Bob Batz Jr. (March 5, 2016), "Let the sawdust fly — Chainsaw Rendezvous takes over Ridgway", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- ↑ Jason Smathers; Judy Halone (June 12, 2009), "Chainsaw artist carves out creations", Bonney Lake Courier-Herald
- ↑ Angelo Bruscas (June 24, 2015), "North Beach chainsaw artist found his calling", The North Coast News, Ocean Shores, Washington
- ↑ Jury, Mark R. (1999), Inventing Work in a Rural Community: Exploring the Social, Historical and Cultural Dimensions of School-to-work and Work-to-work Transitions, University of California, Berkeley, p. 108
- ↑ "Sequim Irrigation Fest to showcase 121 years", Sequim Gazette, May 11, 2016
- ↑ "On the road: Sand and Sawdust Festival", The News Tribune, Tacoma, Washington, June 15, 2016
- ↑ Madeline McKenzie (September 22, 2005), "Nothing says fall like the whir of chainsaws", The Seattle Times
- ↑ Matt Hoffman (August 9, 2012), The best in chainsaw carving flock to Carson Park for U.S. Open, WEAU News
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