OWENSVILLE, Ohio — A team of touring chainsaw carving artists is back at the Clermont County Fair this week, and the wooden animals and figures they’re turning out will go under the auctioneer’s gavel Aug. 1, with the proceeds earmarked for a new cattle barn at the fairgrounds, the fair said in a Facebook post.
Bear Hollow Carvers is performing shows throughout the week at the fair, which runs through Aug. 1 at the Clermont County Fairgrounds on Locust Street in Owensville. The carved pieces created during those performances will be auctioned off at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, in the Multi Purpose Building, according to the fair.
Bear Hollow Carvers is a touring team of professional chainsaw-carving artists that has performed live carving shows for more than two decades, according to the group. The team, which typically stages several one-hour shows a day at fairs and festivals, has also appeared at national events including the Professional Bull Riders World Finals, NASCAR race weekends and the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, turning raw logs into finished sculptures of animals, people and other figures in front of live audiences.
The Clermont County Fair traces its roots to June 9, 1849, when the Clermont County Agricultural Society was organized; the society’s first fair that September drew about 2,000 people. The fair relocated to its current Owensville grounds on Locust Street in 1864 and has grown from a two-day event into the weeklong fair held today, according to the fair’s own history.
The information contained in this story was obtained from the Clermont County Fair.