Simon O’Rourke - Tree Carving and Sculpture - Tree Carving and Sculpture

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The first dutch international competition was held last week (12th-14th Oct) in Vaassen. I got a prize for the most inspiring piece of artwork for my windmill. nice…

The quality of these competitions is going up at a rate of knots… check out www.fasnacarving.nl and look at the gallery.

First place in the all power tools section of the combo event at Tatton Park! pictures will follow… I also managed to get 2nd place in the all chainsaw part.

check out www.englishopenchainsawcompetition.co.uk to see the rules I had to follow.

Unfortunately the Extreme Sports Weekend has been cancelled

I am however hoping to organise the Downhill chainsaw carving race as its own event, and I am working on a place and time to do so. keep your eyes open!!!

Well, another rendezvous has come and gone, and it was amazing as ever. Thanks to Rick and Liz Boni for organizing the worlds biggest chainsaw carving event!
Pictures will be posted in the gallery.

Event Date - July 28th and 29th 2007

The gardening show to end all garden shows is happening again this year, and yes you’ve guessed it, i’m proud to be taking a part in this prestigious event again.

The brainchild of Stephen Green and run by exuberance (David Green), the best events organizers in the country; The Gardening Show at the international royal pavilion in Llangollen has proved to be a great success and will continue to do so for many years to come.

I’m definitely going this year, and I’m giving a seminar on carving the human face, and giving a professional carving demonstration.

It’s going to be a blast, and Liz is coming with me to keep me in check!, She won’t bust her ankle this time though!

I’m invited to attend the husqvarna cup in Germany in May of this year. its a prestigious event thats open to a few select carvers.

Thanks to Andreas Martin for his generous invite!

after a turbulent couple of months its time to get back into the swing of things, the North York Moors job went very well (pictures will follow!) and I actually took some time off over christmas for once!!

lets hope this year will be as good as the last!

I’ve been awarded a job in the North York Moors National Park, for sculpted benches and an entrance way.

I’ll be doing the job in November at the Moors Centre, and the public will be able to see me working on the pieces.

For more information on this please call me (07886 881815) or email me (simon@treecarving.co.uk)