Tag: Chainsaw carving
Day Two of the Seldovia Craft Invitational Chainsaw Carving Competition
photos by Jenny Chissus
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Our “People’s Choice” Carver is Back in Town!
by Jenny Chissus
So, have you heard an occasional chainsaw noise coming from the north side of town? We have a special return performance this week – as Rob Younkins, our People’s Choice carver from the Seldovia Chainsaw Exhibition 2012 is here, creating otters, halibut, tables and stools as well as salmon from our local spruce!
Rob is here until the ferry on the 5th, so come down to the Chainsaw Carving Competition site and watch him carve, chat a bit (he’s very friendly – in spite of his big chainsaw!) and perhaps even commission a special carving for a special someone! You will also have the opportunity to see the three carvings from this year’s competition! Continue Reading
Do You Want to Buy a Masterpiece?
by Jenny Chissus
This Memorial Day weekend, we have three very talented carvers creating beautiful masterpieces from our rugged local spruce!
This is the 7th Annual Chainsaw event in Seldovia! We are blessed to have over 35 masterpieces about town for our community’s enjoyment! Many folks have made trips specifically to Seldovia to visit these creative works of art! Seldovia has become an “Outdoor museum” of sorts – with no admission – just the effort of getting across the bay.
You may Click Here or click on the poster at the top left to see “Where they are now?” which shows you the locations of all the carvings created in Seldovia since 2006.
This year, we are doing something a little bit different.
Every year, up until now, the Seldovia Chamber of Commerce had an agreement to retain the masterpiece carvings here in the city of Seldovia. Only Continue Reading
