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

Australian Chainsaw Carving Championship, Melbourne^{[citation needed]}

Canada

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

Tōei, Aichi, since 2001^[4]

United Kingdom

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

United States

Arkansas

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

Seldovia Craft Invitational Chainsaw Competition, Seldovia, Alaska, annually since 2006^[8]

Montana

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous, Ridgway, Pennsylvania, held annually since 2000^[12]

Washington

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

US Open Chainsaw Sculpture Championship, Eau Claire, Wisconsin^[19]

References

^ 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

[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

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