Northwoods Experience: Chainsaw Carvers Showcase Work at “I Saw It in MN” Near Brainerd

Chainsaw carving begin in the 1950s and gained popularity in the 1980s largely as a type of performance art. Nowadays, many artists carve the wooden sculptures with the intention of displaying and selling them.

Reporter Charlie Yaeger stopped by I Saw It in MN along Highway 371 in Brainerd to learn more about the art of chainsaw carving.