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[edit]
- Australian Chainsaw Carving Championship, Melbourne[citation needed]
Canada[edit]
- Chetwynd (International) Chainsaw Carving Competition (Championship), Chetwynd, British Columbia[1] held annually since 2005[2]
- Brigade Days/Hope Chainsaw Carving Competition, Hope, British Columbia, biannually[3]
- Prince George Chain Saw Carving Competition, Prince George, British Columbia
Japan[edit]
- Tōei, Aichi, since 2001[4]
United Kingdom[edit]
- Carve Carrbridge, Carrbridge, Scotland, held annually since 2003[5]
- English Open Chainsaw Carving Competition, Tatton Park, Cheshire, England, since 2005[6]
United States[edit]
Arkansas[edit]
- 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]
Alaska[edit]
- Seldovia Craft Invitational Chainsaw Competition, Seldovia, Alaska, annually since 2006[8]
Montana[edit]
- Kootenai Country Montana International Chainsaw Carving Championship, Libby, Montana, [9]
Oregon[edit]
- Reedsport Chainsaw Carving Competition/Oregon Divisional Chainsaw Sculpting Championship, Reedsport, Oregon,[10] held annually since 2000[11]
Pennsylvania[edit]
- Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous, Ridgway, Pennsylvania, held annually since 2000[12]
Washington[edit]
- Burning Bear, Ocean City, Washington[13][14]
- Sedro Woolley Logger-Rodeo (Loggerodeo), Sedro Woolley, Washington, since before 1999[15]
- Sequim Irrigation Fest, Sequim, Washington, featuring Logging Show since 1989[16]
- Sand and Sawdust, Ocean Shores, Washington[17]
- Texas Chainsaw Pumpkin Carving Contest, Fremont Oktoberfest in Seattle since before 2005, draws 30,000 spectators[18]
Wisconsin[edit]
- US Open Chainsaw Sculpture Championship, Eau Claire, Wisconsin[19]
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ "Chainsaw Carvings – history", Official website, Chetwynd Visitor Centre/District of Chetwynd, British Columbia, retrieved 2016-09-01
- ^ "Arts and Culture: Chainsaw Carving Competition", Official website, Hope, British Columbia, 2015, archived from the original on 2015-10-05, retrieved 2016-09-01
- ^ "The 16th Chainsaw Art Competition in Toei", Japan Times, May 24, 2016
- ^ Wood work: Images from Carrbridge's chainsaw contest, BBC, 1 September 2014
- ^ "Tatton Park hosts English Open Chainsaw Carving Competition", Messenger Newspapers (UK), Newsquest , August 8, 2009
- ^ |url=https://www.chainsawcarvingcompetition.com and https://www.balloonsoverrussellville.com
- ^ Jenny Chissus (August 28, 2013), "Chips to fly this weekend in chainsaw competition", Homer News, Homer, Alaska
- ^ "Chainsaw carving championship returns to Libby", The Montanian, January 23, 2018
- ^ "Chainsaw Sculpting Championships", Oregon Coast, May 2008
- ^ Steve Lindsley (June 24, 2015), "Carving creates a stir in chainsaw capital", The Umpqua Post
- ^ Bob Batz Jr. (March 5, 2016), "Let the sawdust fly — Chainsaw Rendezvous takes over Ridgway", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- ^ Jason Smathers; Judy Halone (June 12, 2009), "Chainsaw artist carves out creations", Bonney Lake Courier-Herald
- ^ Angelo Bruscas (June 24, 2015), "North Beach chainsaw artist found his calling", The North Coast News, Ocean Shores, Washington
- ^ 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
- ^ "Sequim Irrigation Fest to showcase 121 years", Sequim Gazette, May 11, 2016
- ^ "On the road: Sand and Sawdust Festival", The News Tribune, Tacoma, Washington, June 15, 2016
- ^ Madeline McKenzie (September 22, 2005), "Nothing says fall like the whir of chainsaws", The Seattle Times
- ^ Matt Hoffman (August 9, 2012), The best in chainsaw carving flock to Carson Park for U.S. Open, WEAU News