East
Petersburg, PA. Brian Ruth from the Pocono
Mountains in Pennsylvania is one of 18 chainsaw
carving artists profiled in a new book The Art
of Chainsaw Carving, An Insider’s
Look at 18 Artists Working Against the Grain.
He is a gregarious showman who razzle-dazzles
a crowd while carving realistic wildlife
with a high performance chainsaw. Art
of Chainsaw Carving will be available
for sale in October from all major bookstore
chains, from online booksellers and in specialty
retail stores.
Art of Chainsaw Carving tells the story
of the development and evolution of chainsaw
carving, celebrates the early artists and
profiles contemporary artists like Brian
Ruth. The book includes a directory of major
national and international chainsaw carving
events – chainsaw carving competitions
draw hundreds of artists and thousands of
spectators.
A graduate of Villanova University, Brian
laughs, “I thanked my dad for the
education and announced I was going to be
a chainsaw carver.” He put his business
degree to work as demand for chainsaw performance
grew beyond what he could do – forming
Masters of the Chainsaw in 1992. Since then,
60 carvers placed by his company have provided
people-pleasing performances at nearly 1,600
events. Visit http://www.mastersofthechainsaw.com/
Art of Chainsaw
Carving is published by Fox Chapel Publishing
will be available for sale in mid-September
in local bookstores or online. Fox Chapel
Publishing Co., Inc. is one of the nation’s
leading resources for woodworking books
and magazines with offices in East Petersburg,
PA. Fox Chapel publishes two magazines:
Wood Carving Illustrated and Scroll Saw
Woodworking & Crafts; more than 200
book titles; and distributes more than 1,000
woodworking books from other publishers
around the world. Visit www.FoxChapelPublishing.com.
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