Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Chainsaw Carving

Today lets come back to learn a bit more about a renowned artist by the name of Leigh Conkie whose specialty is chainsaw carving! Leigh's main tool is his trusty chainsaw which he creates work of arts from lumps of wood.

He was at the Manna Gum Festival demonstrating his skill as he continued with his Ned Kelly sculpture while onlookers like myself could just look with awe!

He drew a crowd to his demonstration like these pimply teenagers who obviously were amazed by his talent. They even decided to stay a while to watch him work, until the flying saw dust sent them packing!

Inside Leigh's stall he had a few finished works he brought along for all to see like this rendition of an owl with a human face. All his works are for sale and he can even do request works. He's done a few works requested by local councils to tree stumps all around the state.

Watch Leigh works with his chainsaw below;


14 comments:

Wingz said...

awesome!!!

Anonymous said...

How long will he take to come up with a wuching sculpture?

Anonymous said...

Hard work huh
He's destroying the environment by cutting down the trees! hahaha

Anonymous said...

Woah....
That's amazing!
:)

Anonymous said...

phew!! always amazed at the talents people have.

you sure have been busy festival hopping huh.

Anonymous said...

Lovely, I wonder if he can do funeral totem pole's also? :P

me said...

the carving does look awesome. better if he can do one of a naked belle. heehee.

Wuching said...

wingz: awesome!!!

neo: dunno..a couple of days at least coz wuching so hard to do!

SA: i'm sure he can arrange that!

che-cheh: nolah..just trees that's oredi cut sown leh..

j: yes indeed!

ah pek: i was damn busy alright!

QV: funeral totem? someone died?

me: better still a naked ms.lenglui!

Fashionasia said...

wei u very free lah everyday go around visiting festivals n activities oni...noneed to work ka???

Anonymous said...

How much is he selling per piece?

Anonymous said...

Ask him does Neo instead :)

Wuching said...

fashionasia: nolah, only on weekends only lah!

titoki: dunno..i didn't bother to ask coz i know i won't buy it! kekekeke

neo: sure he can, for a price!

Anonymous said...

Watching a talented chainsaw artist such as Leigh is truly amazing. If you have never seen this performed in person, you must make that a priority for the whole family. Great post, thanks,
Tom
Editor of the Chainsaw Art Directory

Wuching said...

montana tom: thankz for dropping by!