— Resume —
COMPETITIONS
2021
1st place - Arkansas State Chainsaw Carving Championship
Aurora, Kentucky Chainsaw Carving Competition
2019
Husky Cup - Mulda, Germany
2018
Chainsaw Carving Challenge-4P's, Powerton-Pine Falls, Manitoba
2017
Husky Cup - Mulda, Germany - Main Event Competition
Chainsaw Carving Challenge, Powerton-Pine Falls, Manitoba
U.S. Open, Eue Clair, WI
2016
1st place Canadian Chainsaw Carving Championship
5th place U.S. Open
3rd place Caro Winterfest
Canadian Carvapalooza, London, Ontario
1st place Quick-Carve Comp., "Chaptacular" Carving for a Cure, Gray, GA
2015
2nd place at Husky Cup, Germany, as part of U.S. Speed Carving Team
4th place U.S. Open
2nd place Caro Winterfest Chainsaw Caving Competition
2nd Place Fantasy Forest Competition, Leila Arboretum, Battle Creek, MI
3rd place Great Jones County Fair, Monticello, Iowa
Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, NM
1st place Quick-Carve Comp., "Chaptacular" Carving for a Cure, Gray, GA
2014
US Open Chainsaw Carving Competition
Albuquerque New Mexico Balloon Fiesta
2013
1st place Main Event, 2nd Quick-Carve, Klondike Days, Eagle
River, WI
US Open Chainsaw Carving Competition
9th Annual 'Carving in the Ozarks', Eureka Springs, AR
Storm Lake, IOWA Competition
2012
1st place - Advanced, 'Winterfest on Broadway' Ice Carving,
Green Bay, WI
1st place - Klondike Days, Eagle River, Wisconsin
3rd place - U.S. Open Chainsaw Carving Competition, Eau Claire,
WI
'ArtPrize' Art
Competition, Grand Rapids, MI
2011
1st place - Tip-Up-Town quick-carve competition, Houghton, MI
1st place Main Event, 2nd Quick-Carve, Klondike Days, Eagle
River, WI
4th place - U.S. Open Chainsaw Carving Competition, Eau Claire, WI
SYMPOSIUMS
Husky Cup - Mulda, Germany, 2017, 2019
Skulpturparken Blokhus - Blokhus, Denmark 2019
EXHIBITIONS
Riverboat Festival, Yankton, SD, 2021
Chaptacular Chainsaw Carving Bash for Cystic Fibrosis, 2016 - 2019
Block Bash - Bear Hollow, French Lick Indiana, 2018 - 2021
(Top Auction Total in 2018 & 2019)
Minnesota Assoc. Contract Loggers ... Tower, MN, 2019
Onaway Speedway, Onaway, MI, 2019
Michigan Assoc. of Timbermen's Convention, 2011 - 2021
Michigan International Speedway, 2017
Muscatine County Fair - Tipton, Iowa, 2011 - 2021
Sac County Fair, Sac City, Iowa, 2015,2016, 2021
Great Lakes Timber Producers Logging Congress, 2003 - 2021
Vintage Snow Machine Show, Christmas, MI 2014
Lake States Logging Congress, 2013, 2014
Great Lakes Wine Festival, Michigan Int. Speedway, MI - 2011, 2012
NASCAR Races, Michigan Int. Speedway, Brooklyn, MI - 7/2012, 8/2012
Razzaque Days, LeRoy, MI - 2011, 2012
Various County Fair Exhibitions for "Log Hoggers",2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Escanaba Twp. Sesquicentennial Celebration, Escanaba, MI - 2012
Winterfest - Curtis Area Chamber of Commerce, Curtis, MI - 2012
World Ice, Snow Sailing Association - Ice Carving, St. Ignace, MI - 2012
Octoberfest, Curtis, MI - 2011
19th Annual Winter Festival, Curtis, MI - 2011
Flannel Jack Fest, Munising, MI - 2011
Luce/West Macinac Co. Fair, Newberry, MI - 2011
Northern Michigan University Folk Art Festival 2009
Lumberjack Days, Manton, MI- 2004 & 2005
Good Sam Samboree- July 2003
Lake States Logging Congress- 2003 - 2009, 2011, 2012
Lenawee County Fair, Adrian, Michigan 1 week exhibition- 2001, 2002, 2004
Escanaba da Festival, Escanaba, MI -January 2002, 2003
Western Days, Milwaukee, WI: 3 day fundraiser for West Allis Charities -2002 - 2005
U.P. State Fair, Escanaba, MI – 2006
Munising, MI 4th of July Celebration- 2007, 2008, 2009
Dickinson County Fair, Norway, MI- 2007, 2008, 2009
Garland Resort, Gaylord, MI- 2007, 2008
Manistique Central Park Grand Opening- 2008, 2009
Lumberjack Festival, Wolverine, MI- 2008
CARVING DONATIONS:
Tri- County Volunteer Fire Dept. "Annual Fund Raiser", Wetmore, MI- 2002, 2003, 2005-2009, 2011-2017
Trades and Labor Scholarship Fundraiser, Delta County- 2009 - 2017
Ford River Lions Club, 2015, 2016
Benefit for children of cancer victim Beth Lambert- 2009
U.P. Long Beards National Wild Turkey Foundation- 2009, 2012, 2013
Michigan Tech University Annual Pow-Wow- 2009
Community Foundation of Delta County- 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 - 2017
Annual Corn Roast, Cooks Volunteer Fire Department- 28 years in a row
Annual Rapid River Pow-wow 14 years
(2) Annual Family Reunions- Neadow- 20 years, Markel- 2 years
Cooks Catholic Church Fund Raisers - 24 years in a row
Cooks Congregational Church Strawberry Festival - 2011 - 2016
Great Northern Winds Pow-wow- 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Manistique "Gathering of the Clans" Pow-wow- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Menominee Volunteer Fire Department- 2001
Adrian Pow-Wow Committee- 2002
Make A Wish Foundation, Wooster, Ohio - 2002, 2003
Benefit Carving Show, Quincy, IL: Friends of Trail and National Exchange Fund- 2003
Benefit and Carving Show, Stanton, MO - 2003
American Legion, Garden, MI-2004
Manistique Area Boy Scouts – past years
Big Bay de Noc School Fund Raisers - past years
Manistique Area Schools - past years
Big Bay de Noc Science Camp - past years
In addition to the above competitions,
exhibitions and donations James has done numerous "Yard Tree Carvings",
locally and throughout the region.
