'You walk around the log and ask it what it wants to be, sometimes it talks back,' says Kevin Duffy, who is busy carving a 'seat of reflection' from an old giant sequoia in the north-east Victorian town of Beechworth.
Beechworth's Kevin Duffy has been creating art with his chainsaw from tree stumps for the past two decades.
The hobby has taken him to America on four occasions, where he says chainsaw carving is hugely popular."As soon as I saw what they were doing, I put my saw down and thought, 'I'm giving up, they're like working beside Michelangelo'."With no stencils or design plans, Mr Duffy's creations are usually borne from trial and error, sourcing materials from wherever he can.
"We've noticed the demand for them has really skyrocketed probably over the last 10 years," Mr Ziguras said.While member numbers have always been strong, in recent years the number of women joining the association has also significantly increased.
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