Chainsaw Art With A Personal Touch

2010 - Volume #34, Issue #6, Page #08

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Stanley Maroushek does something most professional chainsaw artists don't do û he makes custom carved sculptures that reflect a customer's background and interests.
  "I listen to what the customer wants and add a personal touch," says Maroushek.
  He sent FARM SHOW photos of a chainsaw sculpture he recently finished for an Iowa farmer. It displays the farmer, his son, and their dog, with a brass plate at the base that says "Checking the Fields".
  "The farmer told me he had been looking all over the country for a chainsaw artist to do something that would reflect his history. Now he wants me to carve a little girl with a cat and place it next to this carving. It turns out when he was a kid his little sister used to follow him around the yard, and she always had a cat with her."
  The cost for the first sculpture was $4,000.
  A Minnesota man had him carve a 24-ft. high Totem pole, at a cost of $5,000.
  Another Minnesotan commissioned a 15-ft. tall carving of a forked ash tree. A cardinal perches on one fork and a bluejay on the other. Both had been school mascots when the farmer was growing up.
  He carved a 15-ft. tall ear of corn out of a walnut tree for a farmer who used to sell seed corn. He made a 16-ft. high carving of Uncle Sam for a Chanute, Kansas man. And he carved a Pug dog for a Wisconsin farmer and put its name on a metal plate.
  A Billings, Montana woman wanted something for a bar she was opening up. She told him she likes pigs, so he made a flying pig with wings and named it "Pigasus".
  Maroushek, who started collecting wooden carvings when he was 7-years-old, now claims to own the largest wood carving art museum in the U.S. It's located next to a popular bike trail. The museum includes a chainsaw-carved lifesized Hobo camp, patterned after one he remembers as a child.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Stanley Maroushek, Slim's Woodshed, 160 1st St. N.W., Harmony, Minn. 55939 (ph 507 886-3114; slim_ws@harmonytel.net).

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Chainsaw Art With A Personal Touch FARM HOME Miscellaneous Stanley Maroushek does something most professional chainsaw artists don t do û he makes custom carved sculptures that reflect a customer s background and interests I listen to what the customer wants and add a personal touch says Maroushek He sent FARM SHOW photos of a chainsaw sculpture he recently finished for an Iowa farmer It displays the farmer his son and their dog with a brass plate at the base that says Checking the Fields The farmer told me he had been looking all over the country for a chainsaw artist to do something that would reflect his history Now he wants me to carve a little girl with a cat and place it next to this carving It turns out when he was a kid his little sister used to follow him around the yard and she always had a cat with her The cost for the first sculpture was $4 000 A Minnesota man had him carve a 24-ft high Totem pole at a cost of $5 000 Another Minnesotan commissioned a 15-ft tall carving of a forked ash tree A cardinal perches on one fork and a bluejay on the other Both had been school mascots when the farmer was growing up He carved a 15-ft tall ear of corn out of a walnut tree for a farmer who used to sell seed corn He made a 16-ft high carving of Uncle Sam for a Chanute Kansas man And he carved a Pug dog for a Wisconsin farmer and put its name on a metal plate A Billings Montana woman wanted something for a bar she was opening up She told him she likes pigs so he made a flying pig with wings and named it Pigasus Maroushek who started collecting wooden carvings when he was 7-years-old now claims to own the largest wood carving art museum in the U S It s located next to a popular bike trail The museum includes a chainsaw-carved lifesized Hobo camp patterned after one he remembers as a child Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Stanley Maroushek Slim s Woodshed 160 1st St N W Harmony Minn 55939 ph 507 886-3114; slim_ws@harmonytel net

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