Totem Pole Project - A story in Pictures (click to see larger pictures)
Master Carver Stan Marsden |
Troubled With the First Log - Rotten Inside |
 Stan and Assistant Examine the Log |
Bark Coming off the Log |
The First Log |
Winter Carving Conditions |
Youth at Work! |
Top of the First Log |
Stan Takes a Break |
The First Log |
Close Up of the First Log |
The First Log |
Troubled with the First Log |
Rotating the Log |
Stan Working on Rotating the Log |
Rick & Leo Peterson Examine the Project |
Side View of the First Log |
Stan Cut off the Rotten Parts |
But the Center Was Rotten |
Rotten Log |
Problems With the First Log |
Trying to Fix the Log |
Bottom After Removing the Rotten Section |
Tools and Lighting |
Close-Up Side View |
Adze |
Adze |
Extra Wood from the First Log |
Finding a New Log |
The New Totem |
At the Site of the New Tree |
The New Cedar Tree Comes to Kasan |
A Healthy Tree! |
Leo Peterson Revoming Branches |
Mitch & Michelle Removing Bark |
Working on the New Log |
The Carving Site Near the School |
Preparing the New Log |
Stan Prepares the Back |
Preparing the Back |
A Master Carver at Work |
Preparing to Remove the Back |
The New Log is About 40 Feet |
Stan at Work |
Stan at Work |
Stan Making Measurements |
Planks Were Cut to Make B entwood Boxes |
The New Pole with the Back Cut |
A Straight Plane! |
The New Pole Nearly Ready for Carving |
Tools for the Back Removal |
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