Lynn Randle
Tom Zimmer
Brent Butler
Russ Ehart
Gordon Cook
Kevin Black
Jerry Schieffer
And a demo by John Kern he didn't enter judgings
(eagle heads)
(bear and tree)
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Past Chainsaw Carving News |
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Wood Fair in Ann Arbor |
| A great big Thank you to Jim Madsen, Scott and Richard Kuefler, Robert Bing, and Steph Collin for carving all day and agreeing to donate their time, expenses, and their day to promote Chainsaw Sculpting. A check of $300 was presented to Jim for setting this Event up. They are splitting their fee they earned to 3 wood turning groups and this site. Each group is being awarded $75 apiece. Jim is hand delivering the other $75 donations to the wood turning groups when he meets with them in the names of all of them that participated in the event, as well as those that sent pieces for me to display. Now everybody knows where every penny went and I believe I made the right choice to give it back to those that made it possible. Thank you everyone who made this Event possible. |
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Winter Fest at Troy |
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Winter fest Troy, Pa was a great start
to open the 2005 carving season. John Kern the comp. director of this event
ran a fun filled, relaxed, but well organized "Judged" competition. For a
February weekend we had 50 degree blue bird days and an excellent choice of
wood to carve. The judging was done by two Judging groups which paid a first
place prize money of $400 from each group. The first group of judging was
done by 2 judges from the local area Art council and because the third judge
was unable to make it, Duane Bender came to help round out the the first
judging group. Now the hard part, the second group of judges was the carvers
themselves. We had to go around and fill out a sheet with different cat.
(like design, proportions, etc.) and evaluate each others carvings (thank
goodness, not our own), which also paid $400 dollars for first, $300 for
second, $200 for third, and $100 dollars for forth. I'd have to say for
myself that was one of the hardest challenges I've had to do in carving. It
might be easy to be a Monday morning quarter back and second guess the
judging at events, but it's quite a different story when your one of the
judges. From the Art Judges: 1st Place..........Tom Zimmer......$400 2nd place..........Brent Butler....$300 3rd place..........Lynn Randle.....$200 4th place..........Kevin Black.....$100 From the Carvers as Judges 1st place..........Lynn Randle.....$400 2nd place.. Tied...Tom Zimmer & Brent Butler split $500 3rd place ...money went to tie above 4th place...........Kevin Black.....$100 |
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Group Picture Lynn Randle Tom Zimmer Brent Butler Russ Ehart Gordon Cook Kevin Black Jerry Schieffer And a demo by John Kern he didn't enter judgings |
Tom Zimmer took 1st place with judges, 2nd with carvers choice (eagle heads) |
Lynn Randle took 3rd place judges choice, 1st place carvers choice (bear and tree) |
Brent Butler - 2nd place judges, tied for 2nd in carvers choice |
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Gordan Cook Masterpiece |
Jerry Schieffer Masterpiece |
1st place Judges Tied 2nd place carvers |
Kevin Black - 4th place on both judgings |
Russ Ehart Masterpiece |
John Kerns Demonstration |
January 18, 2005 You are cordially invited to participate in the Chainsaw Carving Competition for Klondike Days, February 19th and 20th, 2005. Entry into the Competition requires a $50.00 entry fee of from each participant. Only the first ten paid entries will be accepted. The payout will be as follows: 1st) $1,000.00 4th) $ 200.00 2nd) $ 500.00 5th) $ 100.00 3rd) $ 300.00 Competitors are expected to supply their own wood for the main event and are required to be set up on Friday. The grounds are fenced and locked at night. Each competitor will be expected to carve both days, although it is not expected that the carving will be continuous. Carving times will be Saturday – 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Sunday – 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon. Absolutely no work may be done outside these times. The competitors are expected to clean up or Burn debris. The competitors may use tools other than chainsaws for “finishing” of the carving. For example, if the competitor wishes to burn the wood to produce contrasting colors or shadows, this is permissible. Though power chisels are not allowed, Small tools, including electric tools, for fine grinding are permissible. COMPETITORS MUST SUPPLY THEIR OWN GENERATORS FOR ELECTRIC TOOLS THERE WILL BE NO POWER AVAILABLE AT THE SITE. Painting of the carvings is not allowed, however, use of a clear (not cedar tone) TWP sealer is acceptable. Judgment concerning tools and finishes will be at the sole discretion of the event coordinator and will be considered final. Individuals not affiliated with the management of Klondike Days will conduct judging on Sunday afternoon. Judging will be done by persons having recognized artistic abilities and will be based on several factors including creative expression, artistic quality, balance and proportion, and similarity to the Klondike Days theme. The carving being done during the event will be the sole basis for judging and will be the property of the competitor when finished. Competitors may display and sell other carvings, but these should be placed in such a manner as to not influence the judges’ decision. A quick carving competition will be held Sunday after the main judging and before the announcement of the winners (Approximately 1:00 pm). The sole winner of the one-hour quick carving competition will receive $150.00. All quick carve pieces will become property of Klondike Days to be auctioned off at the following year’s event to raise money for Klondike Days. Rules and judging for the Quick Carving Competition will be the same as above, except there will be no restriction on the theme of the carving. We will supply the wood for the Quick Carving Competition. We are looking forward to seeing you at this year’s event. Please contact me at (715) 479-4406 8:30 – 5:00 for lodging or additional information.
Sincerely, Event Coordinator |
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Bob King |
| By Milton Lowden |
| The Monster Garage will be airing a chainsaw demonstration on their show on
April 11th 2005. Bob and Cindy King traveled from Washington State to
California to film on site. Bob is a well known carver that is on the Board
of Directors of the United Chainsaw Carvers
Guild. Cindy his wife is Treasure of the
Cascade Chainsaw Sculptors Guild. She has
also been nominated for a Board of Directors in the United Chainsaw Carvers
Guild. The other carver for the show is Cherrie Currie. Cherie Currie rocketed to international stardom as the teenage lead vocalist for the now legendary all-female rock band, The Runaways, alongside band mates Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Sandy West & Jackie FoxEcho. She has a site at: http://www.rocketcityrecords.com/cherie. The Two Carvers are both active in carving and I feel that the Chainsaw Sculpting Community will be represented very well by both Bob and Cherie in this film. Representatives were there from Echo to provide the carvers with whatever they needed. Echo Supports Chainsaw Carvers. Below are pictures of some of the on site action.. |
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 Bob and fellow carver Cherrie Currie. |
 Bob working on his piece. |
 Cherrie working on one of the number they had her carve. |
 Bob, Cindy, Cherie, and the guys from Echo that supported us throughout the show. Anything we wanted or needed they were there getting it. |
 Cherrie and Jesse. It was interesting to find out that he worked security when she was doing an album signing at one time. |
 Jesse and Bob |
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