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• Carving Human Realistic
Woodcarving Styles Index

• Human realistic
• Relief carving
• Caricature carving
• Bark carving
• Woodburning
• Chip carving
• Realistic animal

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Human realistic style begins as a full-bark log that is then chainsawed down to a rough cut, then carved with great detail..

— information provided by Shirley Garner of the Valley Road Woodcarving Shop
Artwork detail: Buffalo Bill.

Artist: Bill Butterfield, guest carver. Location: Silver Dollar City, Missouri. Photo credit: J. Heston. 4/18/08
Many thanks to the Valley Road Woodcarvers Shop, Shirley Garner and Pam Gresham. Their assistance in developing this section of State of the Ozarks has been invaluable.

Be sure to check out Branson Happenings and Ozark Mountain Festivals (over in General Store) to find more about the Annual Woodcarving Seminar (presented by Silver Dollar City & Ozark Mountain Woodcarvers of Missouri).

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