Bears, eagles and dogs are popular subjects He has made more than 2,000 carvings in the past eight years ‒ everything from cement trucks to tattoo machines.

This video showcases the process of carving a grizzly bear sculpture out of epoxy resin and wood. The sculpture is created using power carving techniques with a chainsaw and various woodworking tools.

Dan Kidd of Scio has been carving figures with a chainsaw for the past eight years. His carvings include one at Walsh University and several at Wood's Tall Timber Resort outside of New Philadelphia.

Bears are to chainsaw art what bowls of fruit are to amateur still-life painters: a lot of people try their hand at it with varying degrees of success.

Cutting on a pecan tree proved to be a challenge, Lantz said. At the end of a carving session, the Jacksonville, Fla., native is physically spent after hoisting a 20-pound chainsaw for hours on ...

At Tree of Life Chainsaw Carvings, Randy Burt Jr. , of Burrillville, and Nick Ming, of Warwick, also rely on recycled trees to hone their craft.

The Champion Southern Magnolia Tree will remain in the De Soto National Forest in a different spot, but it also has a different look and message thanks to a Soso chainsaw artist.

Wavra, whose chainsaw carving prowess is "100%" self-taught, said those early creations were mostly wind spirits, classic carvings of men with long, windblown beards and wizard-like faces.

Four wood carvings have disappeared from downtown Vicksburg. The statues were cut during Riverfest by Burt Fleming, who used a chainsaw on April 8 to carve a bear, a pelican, a totem pole and a parrot ...