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Chainsaw carvers are creating intricate wooden sculptures at Balloon Fiesta Park, marking their 10th year at the event.<\/p>\n

\"Alyssa<\/a>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. \u2014<\/p>\n

At Balloon Fiesta Park, chainsaw carvers are showcasing their skills by transforming large logs into intricate wooden sculptures. <\/p>\n

Inside their booth, massive logs of wood are turned into creations such as bears, eagles, and even hot air balloons. Jason Emmons, a chainsaw carver with Bear Hollow, said visitors can watch the demonstrations, purchase carvings at the shop next door, or request custom creations. <\/p>\n

“We start early in the morning and go all the way till the fireworks. I guess it’s really the atmosphere and the people that come to see the show. We draw straight from them; we draw energy from them when we feel a little bit tired; it gives us a boost to keep on going,” Emmons said. <\/p>\n

The team of carvers, who are from Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, is celebrating its 10th year at Balloon Fiesta. <\/p>\n

Visitors can also win a piece of the artwork at auctions held Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chainsaw carvers are creating intricate wooden sculptures at Balloon Fiesta Park, marking their 10th year at the event.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[330220,1029,367782,228,226,227,8095,8532,366625,7438,367780,367778,168926,229,88,265357,367781,30026,367783,313269,3234,367784,24244,367779,16597,28406],"class_list":["post-872871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-albuquerque-news","tag-art","tag-artistry","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artwork","tag-auction","tag-balloon-fiesta-park","tag-bear","tag-chainsaw-carver","tag-chainsaw-carvers","tag-creation","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-hot-air-balloon","tag-jason-emmons","tag-koat","tag-massive-log","tag-new-mexico-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-purchase-carving","tag-shop","tag-things-to-do-at-balloon-fiesta","tag-thursday","tag-visitor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}