{"id":17,"date":"2019-01-21T23:59:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T23:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgetownit.com.au\/testingsite\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2019-01-21T23:59:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T23:59:14","slug":"wood-carvings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/georgetownit.com.au\/eastbeach\/wood-carvings\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Carvings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/georgetownit.com.au\/eastbeach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-Carvings.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225\" width=\"260\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgetownit.com.au\/eastbeach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-Carvings.jpg 520w, https:\/\/georgetownit.com.au\/eastbeach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3-Carvings-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">East\u00a0Beach\u00a0Tourist\u00a0Park has\u00a0a\u00a0unique\u00a0fa\u00e7ade which\u00a0attracts many visitors each year.\u00a0<br>The\u00a0striking\u00a0Macrocapa\u00a0wood carvings are the work of Eddie Freeman and was commissioned by the late Kenneth Plumstead, the previous park owner. <br>The carvings\u00a0are\u00a0the  largest privately owned collection of it&#8217;s type in Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the artist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eddie Freeman\n<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\n grew up in the timber industry and trained as a professional chainsaw \ntimber faller. I am now self-employed to pursue my ability as a chainsaw\n carver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\n am self taught, with my first attempt was a small kangaroo carved in \nhardwood, nearly 30 years ago. My carving evolved from an American \nmagazine introduced to me by my training officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My  artist talent is recognised by my ability to portray a wide variety of  sculptures from a simple $30 little Christmas tree to a complex $4,000  bullock team (all out of one piece of timber), or to a even larger scale  of a project like Legerwood\u2019s street scene, around $100,000 depending  on how much detail needed and the need for a cherry picker etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> All  my timber is salvaged from local farms. I can see the potential of the  texture and patterns in the grain of the timbers especially with Macrocarpa Pines and Radiata Pines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each\n limb or stump is different, sometimes I can see an eagle in a forky \npiece or a certain way the bend fell on the ground, I envisage a mermaid\n swimming etc. The endless possibilities that I can create even amazes \nme.&nbsp; I enjoy the challenge of creating something out of waste timber and\n with the sheer speed and power of the chainsaw is an extra benefit to \nbe able to put my ideas into the block faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People find it hard to believe that it is done with a chainsaw until they see it done in front of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\n thoroughly enjoy receiving feedback not only from the public spectators\n and other chainsaw carvers but especially from the amazement and joy on\n the children\u2019s faces. They just come to life and light up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The highlight of being a local artist is the broad range of clients that I  have and that their tastes differ with each piece is an original and no two pieces are the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People don\u2019t have to go to the mainland or overseas to buy quality workmanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eastbeachtouristpark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/10-Carvings-at-dusk-1-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-234\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>East\u00a0Beach\u00a0Tourist\u00a0Park has\u00a0a\u00a0unique\u00a0fa\u00e7ade which\u00a0attracts many visitors each year.\u00a0The\u00a0striking\u00a0Macrocapa\u00a0wood carvings are the work of Eddie Freeman and was commissioned by the late Kenneth Plumstead, the previous park owner. The carvings\u00a0are\u00a0the largest privately owned collection of it&#8217;s type in Australia. About the artist Eddie Freeman I grew up in the timber industry and trained as a professional chainsaw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgetownit.com.au\/eastbeach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgetownit.com.au\/eastbeach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgetownit.com.au\/eastbeach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgetownit.com.au\/eastbeach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgetownit.com.au\/eastbeach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/georgetownit.com.au\/eastbeach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgetownit.com.au\/eastbeach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}