Sign of the Times
This rabbit is now in our front yard showing to all the world our street number.
CanCarve is used for Covid 19 PSA
The Town of Saugeen Shores used the carvings around Fairy Lake, Southampton for one of its Public Service Announcements during the Covid 19 pandemic.
My new carving tool
This unique gizmo that attaches to a angle grinder allows me to carve those tricky hard to reach places.
Homeless Guys
Looking for a deal in outdoor decor? These fellows are mostly coffee table height. Perfect for placing plants and your favorite beverage on whole enjoying the outdoors. Deal: 50% off ($100/ carving reduced to $50). Ends April 1, 2020.
2019 chainsaw carving
It has been a great year of carving in 2019. Birds, on- site carving of a stump, sand carving and always an assortment of bears and good looking guys😀
Stump to Marshland Carving
This is a white ash stump that was carved to a marshland. Includes red-winged blackbirds, cat-tails and a loon on water. Located in Southampton.
HoHo Santa is here
Carving Santas for the feastive season.
CanCarve shop, it’s happening
It’s a slow process, but the carving shop is going to happen before the snow flies. 🤞
Off to the races
Recently carved this Nascar bear for a customer 🏁🏎️🏁🏎️
Last day of carving at do Fairy Lake.
Another beautiful day for carving. Completed the project today. Happy with the results.
Roughing out the carving
It was a beautiful spring day for carving at Fairy Lake. Spent 8 hours roughing out the Pileated woodpecker and the Barred owl.
Starting the pileated woodpecker process
Thanks to the generous Southampton Rotary club, I’ll be carving my final carving at Fairy Lake this spring. It will be a pileated woodpecker with a barred owl peeking out of a tree hollow. Currently drawing up some ideas.
At Maplefest
Had a great day of carving at the Maplefest in Port Elgin March 24.
Maplefest 2018 – Port Elgin
I’ll be chainsaw carving and selling small carvings at the first ever Maplefest in Port Elgin on Saturday March 24. It will be a day of the sweet, sweet sound of chainsaws along with the munching of maple syrup goodies and … Continued
Shoreline Artists Studio Tour Map 2018
Here’s a Google map for all to find the Shoreline Artists studios. The new revised 2018 will be prepared well in advance of this years tour.
Carving in January.. and it’s not ice!
It’s January and it’s plus 8 Celsius! Took out a chunk of white ash that fell to the evil EAB and did my first carving of 2018. Felt good giving my battery operated chainsaw a solid workout. I rediscovered my … Continued
Emerald Ash Borer @ Fairy Lake -step 1 to 3
This carving is to educate all about this non native ash destroying insect; the Emerald ash borer EAB. It caused the cutting of 500+ ash tree in this small park. The strange thing at the base of the carving is … Continued
Snapping turtle @ Fairy Lake -step 1 to 3
This was a challenge for two reasons; 1/ the tree was three stumps that separated about 2 feet above the ground and 2/ I wanted a realistic sculpture of a snapping turtle that only a mother snapping turtle could love.😘:-)
Squirrel @ Fairy Lake -step 1
This hungry guy is right beside the red winged blackbirds. He’s holding an actual black walnut nut.
Red-winged blackbirds @ Fairy Lake -step 1
I had three small stumps all together. They’re near the walking path by the museum. A high profile area. Darn tricky carving little bird into little trees.
All the paraphernalia for carving
Man, do I need a lot of gizmos to chainsaw carve! Here’s a pricey wheel barrow load of my equipment plus a generator, etc. while carving at Fairy Lake, Southampton.
Ducks @ Fairy Lake -step 2
Final day for getting my ducks in a row. Most challenging was the male duck feeding at the back of the line. Eventually got the look I wanted.
Monarch @ Fairy Lake -step 3
Then came the detailing. Always the most important, always the most challenging. I’m happy with the 3 chrysalis’ and the added metal to enhance the antennae and legs. I’m truly learning more and more about Monarch butterflies as I go. … Continued
Ducks @ Fairy Lake -step 1
I’m truly getting ‘my ducks in a row’. Starting carving three more stumps along Fairy Lake. The challenge is ensuring mom’s duck beak stays strong, therefore, I carved grasses behind the beak. Just started roughing out three ducklings in the … Continued
Monarch @ Fairy Lake -step 2
It was crazy windy and stormy out today. Got a half day of carving in. Worked on the wings and chrysalis’. Feeling good about it indeed.
Monarch @ Fairy Lake -step 1
I’m finally carving at Fairy Lake in Southampton. I’m tackling the biggest stump first, a monarch butterfly feeding on a milkweed flower. Chrysalis’ hang on the leaves. Much still to do. Muscles getting a good work out!
Bit of media coverage
Here’s a newspaper clip from the Shoreline Beacon for the Saugeen Shores.
Buffalos of Hanover
Just finished carving two buffalo heads into a multi stump of maple. Challenging, but fun.
What a day ☀
Art on the Fence was on a beautiful day. Met lots of great people coming by the booth. The sunshine and the calm wind certainly helped the day!
Art on the Fence
Packed and ready to go to the Southampton Art on the Fence tomorrow; August 6. Come and check out painters, wood workers and me! Down town by the flag pole.
Bear with The Sillies
This bear is enjoying an excellent book of children poetry written by Judith Buxton and illustrated by Peter Storck.
Buffalo times
Practicing in clay for a multiple stump carving. A buffalo head is an impressive thing indeed.
It’s summertime, time to read that fun novel at the beach! ⛱
These two bears LOVE to read, especially those Winnie the Pooh adventures. It was fun carving these two.
Studio tour is now; July 8,9
I’ve got owls, Wizards, mushrooms, bears….. Plus ready to take custom orders.
Sunny day carving at Timeless Materials
First sunny day in awhile. Carved until the forearms ached. Carved Wizards, clean cut guys, mushrooms and owls
Getting ready for the Studio Tour
July 8 and 9 is coming up quick. Finally getting some carvings ready. Carving and grinding between downpours.
Upcoming Events
This year I’ll be for certain at two art events. 1/ Shoreline Artist Tour – July 8 and 9 (10:00am to 4:00pm) – I’ll be showing my studio wooden sculptures (outside our home), Love to see you and chat about … Continued
I See Foxes!
Diversifying my range of animals to carve. Currently practicing in modeling clay the knife (eventual chainsaw) cuts to make foxes. Good fun while waiting for the last puff of winter to pass through.
Spring is coming soon
My throttle finger for the carving saw is getting twitchy. What am I looking forward to trying this spring? Plan to do some serious carving with a battery operated saw. Stay tuned. My log pile is ready to go.
Rough owl arrives in our backyard
In our brand new backyard we had one cedar badly leaning into the neighbours yard after all the construction in our yard. Sadly it had to come down. The tree base became a rough carved owl. In the spring I’ll … Continued
CanCarve is carving out a new location !
It’s been a long time since I have been active on CanCarve.com, however, big things have happened. The business has moved from the Kawartha Lakes area of the province to the western side of Ontario by the beautiful Lake Huron … Continued
Carving for the Toronto Cider Festival
Carving apples in basswood, cedar and poplar for the Toronto Cider Festival on September 26. See you there. Got to get back to carvin’! CanCarve.com
For Sale-Five Foot Carved Bear
Just finished carving a 5 foot bear on a 2 foot stump. The wood is white pine. The bear has not been finished, that is why I am willing to sell him as is for $450.00. In two weeks I’ll … Continued
It’s Too Hot – Even for Chainsaw Carving!
Current temp is 31C. Wow, my ambition to make wood chips has got up and gone. Once it cools, the carving saw shall start up. Stay cool.
Canadian Summer
During these great days of summer enjoy Canada wherever you maybe in this great country.
Carving with Carvers
When you have three chainsaws howling, chips a flying and lots of smiles; it means 3 chainsaw carvers have gathered. Great time carving for 2 days at the Carving Gallery (Walter’s shop in Moores Falls). Roughed out 2 heads, an … Continued
Terry Fox in Havelock
Terry Fox is such an inspirational Canadian icon for the fight to beat cancer. I was asked to carve a facsimile of Terry Fox in a white pine stump at the front of the Country Gables B&B near Havelock. Doug … Continued
Tree Stump Carving of Ravens and a Wolf
Last week was great for carving. The temperature was perfect, the humidity was low and the sun was shining! Completed a custom chainsaw carving at the home of Kim and Don in Port Hope, ON. The black locust tree stump … Continued
Don and Kim’s On Site Carving
Testimonial from Don and Kim (Port Hope, 2014): working with Gerald It is never easy for people when it is time to remove a tree. We love our trees and a lot of thought went into what we might … Continued
Totem Pole Carving in Haliburton, ON.
Recently finished a great one week long totem carving course, at the Haliburton School of the Arts. This course was with no chainsaws, just sharp chisels. Wayne Hill, the key instructor was great in showing the nuances of carving the Haida … Continued
CanCarve.com is now online!
It took some serious web design learning, however, CanCarve.com (aka GetAHeadCarvings.com) is now functional. Still need to ‘chip away’ at some of the rough parts of the site. Check it out – it’s all about chainsaw carving (sorry, no chainsaw … Continued
Owls of Southampton
Last summer – 2013, I carved two owls in stumps located at a property in Southampton, Ontario. One owl is in the backyard and one owl meets all who come into the driveway. The house number has been carved into … Continued
Carvings from Everywhere
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Carving at Your Event
Interested in having CanCarve entertain crowds at your festival, show or event? Contact us We can guarantee from our 18 years of experience that chainsaw carving at events / festivals is a definite crowd pleaser noticed by the media. For some additional … Continued
Fraser Totem Pole
The Fraser Totem pole is a truly family focused design. The 12 foot – 12″ X 12″ cedar beam came from a century old barn that was removed to construct their custom home. It was covered to focus on the … Continued
Bears
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