Chainsaw Carving is a skill, which has been popular in America for a long time but is now growing in the UK. There are now quite a few full time woodcarvers up and down the country and many practice the skill in their free time. Most chainsaw carvers come from a background in the forestry or tree surgery business, where they have become accustomed to handling a chainsaw and have the necessary chainsaw licence, safety licence, safety clothing and equipment, as well as the transport to move large logs of wood.

I use a chainsaw for the entire process of carving, from the roughing out, down to the fine detail. I sometimes use a power sander if necessary and will finish the piece as the client has requested - either natural, painted, waxed or stained.