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Chainsaw Carving
Photos from the Carving Contests in Campbell River and a few other carvings I've done
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Wall Dragon
1. Wall Dragon 

I was given a nice slab of maple in which I found a Chinese Dragon!
Carved in 4 days in my studio near Commercial Drive in Vancouver in February of 2012.

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Carving Marvin
2. Carving Marvin 

Time lapse video
Me carving a polar bear
Her name is Marvin

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Autumn Shift
3. Autumn Shift  (Sept 17, 2011)
Carving a giraffe at the 2nd annual Autumn Shift Festival on Main Street.

Photos by Bill Pusztai www.radiantpage.com
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Eve
4. Eve  (July 2011)
15th Annual Transformations by the Shore Chainsaw Carving Competition in Campbell River
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Egret
5. Egret  (June 2011)
Carved in the parking lot of Beaumont Studios and at Car Free Day on Main Street in Vancouver.  

Yellow Cedar
55" tall
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Tall Order- carving giraffes
6. Tall Order- carving giraffes  (June-July 2010)

A silent look at the carving out of two giraffes from a single piece of Douglas Fir.
July 2010 at Campbell River's Annual "Transformations on the Shore" (www.crshorelinearts.ca)
I took home 1st Place in the Semi-Pro category and was voted "People's Choice"!

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Elephant
7. Elephant  (June 2009)
I carved an elephant this year and won 1st prize!
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Flower Stump
8. Flower Stump 
I was asked to carve out a flower pot from a stump in a Vancouver backyard
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Phoenix at Phoenix
9. Phoenix at Phoenix  (May 2008)
I went back to my junior high school, Phoenix and carved a Phoenix.
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Carving Contest 2008
10. Carving Contest 2008  (June 2008)
This year I carved a mother whale and calf and I called it "First Breath".  I won 2nd prize in the semi-pro category!
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Surrey Dragons
11. Surrey Dragons  (Spring 2008)
A couple in Surrey had a huge dead Douglas Fir which needed to come down.  Instead of removing the whole thing, they left about 15 feet of stump for me to carve out a couple of dragons.
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carving contest 07
12. carving contest 07  (July 2007)
The annual chainsaw carving contest in Campbell River
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Other Carvings 2007
13. Other Carvings 2007  (July 2007)
Some of the great pieces of art carved in the annual contest in Campbell River.  They seem to get better every year...
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Chainsaw Carving Contest
14. Chainsaw Carving Contest  (July 2006)
Well I went and carved out another log.  

This year I found a dragon inside...
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Other Carvings
15. Other Carvings  (July 2006)
Here are some of the other carvings from this year's contest.
You can see I had some stiff competition
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Phoenix
16. Phoenix  (July 2005)
Each year Campbell River hosts a Driftwood Carving Contest.  
I entered into the amateur category as this was my first time carving with a chainsaw and I won first prize!

Here are the pictures from start to finish.
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