Scenes from chainsaw art competition Sequim hosts a World Class Championship chainsaw art competition as part of the Annual Irrigation Festival, which is the longest continuous running festival in Washington. As part of the irigation festival they have a chain saw art competition in the Safeway parking lot.
Subjects are varied, left to the artist's imagation.
This ones looks like a self portait, except for the beer belly. Bears and eagles are popular subjects. These are carved in a single day. For finishing touches air carvers, Surface grinders, and propane weed burners are used.