Always a whittler, Johnson did his first chainsaw carving when he was 18 and working clearing trees along a road. He saw a parked track hoe and stopped to carve a model of it in a roadside stump. It must have been good, because when he went back the next day, someone had cut it off and taken it.
Years later, after losing his job at a manufacturing company, Johnson jumped in to chainsaw carving full time. Today, he is owner of Toby J's LLC, making log furniture in addition to his carvings.
Here, Johnson poses with an eagle and salmon carving he made. He estimates a seven-foot-tall carving takes about 30 hours to complete. He gets his wood from reclaimed lumber and trees that have been harvested due to land management and urban tree removal.
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