The history on this is as follows...In 07' we were at a fall festival in Elljay, GA and we were at, I wanna say the Apple Barn, and there was a guy right n
ext store chainsawing up a bunch of bears. For about a half an hour I watched him and then grilled him on questions about it and said to myself..."i think i can do that."The following week i went home, got a chainsaw, went into the woods and found an old fallen pine tree, cut a log section off of it and took it home. About 3 hours later a bear emerged from my old pine tree. So here it is to the right. Since that bear, I've made about two a year and just given them away as gifts.
So...with that said, this year I've taken it up a notch. Maybe there is something wrong with me, but I love trying to turn my goofy hobbies into a money making idea. Until now, that has been unsuc
cessful. I've put drawings up in coffee shops and tried to sell 'house portraits' to people. No bueno. But maybe a chainsaw bear will sell.At Nellie Mae, which is our house, we have about 200' of road frontage. Being the redneck that I am, I rolled out a bunch of logs in front of my house, put a sign up and starting chainsawing up bears. I figured I might be able to sell a few, or at the very least, I can make people wonder who is the loser with the chainsaw in front of that house. To my complete and utter disbelief, I have sold 15 bears and one pig. At $75 bucks a bear, I've done pretty good for a hobby. Here are my 2012 Bear 3.0 versions to the left.
So for the time being, I am going to be posting my latest carvings, tell me what you think. I would like your feedback, ideas suggestions whatever. I'm starting to venture out into other things. I'll post my pig i did the other day soon and my failed attempt at an owl. You'll see.
