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

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Canada

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Japan

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United Kingdom

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  • Carve Carrbridge, Carrbridge, Scotland, held annually since 2003[5]
  • English Open Chainsaw Carving Competition, Tatton Park, Cheshire, England, since 2005[6]

United States

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Arkansas

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  • Arkansas State Championship Chainsaw Carving Competition, Russellville, Arkansas, annually since 2021 on the first weekend of May each year as part of Balloons over Russellville,[7]
 
Tools of the trade at a chainsaw carving demonstration and competition held in Ocean Shores, Washington

Alaska

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Montana

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  • Kootenai Country Montana International Chainsaw Carving Championship, Libby, Montana, [9]

Oregon

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  • Reedsport Chainsaw Carving Competition/Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting Championship, Reedsport, Oregon,[10] held annually since 2000[11]

Pennsylvania

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Washington

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Wisconsin

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Chainsaw Carvings – history", Official website, Chetwynd Visitor Centre/District of Chetwynd, British Columbia, retrieved 2016-09-01
  3. ^ "Arts and Culture: Chainsaw Carving Competition", Official website, Hope, British Columbia, 2015, archived from the original on 2015-10-05, retrieved 2016-09-01
  4. ^ "The 16th Chainsaw Art Competition in Toei", Japan Times, May 24, 2016
  5. ^ Wood work: Images from Carrbridge's chainsaw contest, BBC, 1 September 2014
  6. ^ "Tatton Park hosts English Open Chainsaw Carving Competition", Messenger Newspapers (UK), Newsquest , August 8, 2009
  7. ^ |url=https://www.chainsawcarvingcompetition.com and https://www.balloonsoverrussellville.com
  8. ^ Jenny Chissus (August 28, 2013), "Chips to fly this weekend in chainsaw competition", Homer News, Homer, Alaska
  9. ^ "Chainsaw carving championship returns to Libby", The Montanian, January 23, 2018
  10. ^ "Chainsaw Sculpting Championships", Oregon Coast, May 2008
  11. ^ Steve Lindsley (June 24, 2015), "Carving creates a stir in chainsaw capital", The Umpqua Post
  12. ^ Bob Batz Jr. (March 5, 2016), "Let the sawdust fly — Chainsaw Rendezvous takes over Ridgway", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  13. ^ Jason Smathers; Judy Halone (June 12, 2009), "Chainsaw artist carves out creations", Bonney Lake Courier-Herald
  14. ^ Angelo Bruscas (June 24, 2015), "North Beach chainsaw artist found his calling", The North Coast News, Ocean Shores, Washington
  15. ^ 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
  16. ^ "Sequim Irrigation Fest to showcase 121 years", Sequim Gazette, May 11, 2016
  17. ^ "On the road: Sand and Sawdust Festival", The News Tribune, Tacoma, Washington, June 15, 2016
  18. ^ Madeline McKenzie (September 22, 2005), "Nothing says fall like the whir of chainsaws", The Seattle Times
  19. ^ Matt Hoffman (August 9, 2012), The best in chainsaw carving flock to Carson Park for U.S. Open, WEAU News