Using Chainsaw, Skilled Artist Transforms A Damaged Tree Into A Hand Reaching For The Sky

Almost every material imaginable can be transformed into a work of art, but it would take skill to do so. This chainsaw artist from Wrexham is one of those talented people who can turn wood—his chosen medium—into anything he wants it to be.

Artist Simon O'Rourke Used A Chainsaw To Carve A Giant Hand Emerging From A Tree Stump. "There are a few tall Douglas firs growing in the Giants of Vyrnwy area and I was going on the giants theme," he said. "It's a last attempt by the tree to reach the sky." Mr O'Rourke, who has been tree carving for nine years, has 12 different chainsaws. His previous projects have included carvings of a swan, an angel, a kingfisher, a chipmunk and a giant clock.