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| Napping on one of the Kenai Peninsula's carved bear couches. |
Chainsaw Carving On The Kenai Peninsula
Chainsaw carving is a real Kenai Peninsula-area artform. This is a "couch" in Cooper Landing. A massive log was dried over several years and then carved by a local chainsaw artisan. (You'll sometimes see chainsaw artists performing near the road as you drive through rural Alaska.) The dangerous, hot running chainsaw is used exclusively to cut the sculpture. A piece like this takes at least several days to make. Chainsaw art themes? Mostly bears and eagles.
(Photo by Robert Gaucher)
