Dan Pierce gives dead trees a second life. The Middletown resident has worked the past seven years turning stumps and logs into works of art using mainly a chain saw. He’s created signs for sports teams and a whole zoo of wooden animals, but this week he spent three days on his latest project, turning a tree into a life-sized Indian.
Pierce travels to about 20 art festivals a year and promotes his work through the Web site www.spiritwoodcarving.com. He said it’s also common for people to see his work while he’s stopped at a gas station and buy a piece straight off his truck.
Pierce charges between $200 and $2,000 per piece and said the Indian was a “midrange price.”
November marks the end of Pierce’s busy season, but he’s already taking orders for March.
Photo by Don Knight.
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