Local woodcarver places at Dayton Carvers Guild event with tiny Santa
Tim Jackson has been creating woodcarvings for 13 years and recently earned a third place ribbon at the Dayton Carvers Guild for a half inch Santa Claus that he created. Josie Sellers | Beacon
COSHOCTON – For the second time in four years, Tim Jackson has placed in the Dayton Carvers Guild Ornament Contest Artistry in Wood.
“The Coshocton County Woodcarvers have a booth down there and on Saturday afternoon from 1-4 p.m. they have a Christmas ornament carving contest,” Jackson said. “You get to carve two hours in your booth and one hour in front of your audience.”
This year, he earned a third place ribbon with his half inch tall Santa Clause that took him 2 ½ hours to carve.
“The last two years the judges were able to see what I was carving and I lost so I thought I would try something different,” Jackson joked.
He entered a similar project in the Coshocton County Fair and earned a first place ribbon there. His last ribbon at the Dayton Carvers Guild also was a third place one that he earned in 2012.
“I started this idea with a big Santa that is four inches tall then did one half that size than one inch and then the ½ inch one,” he said.
Jackson is very pleased with the third place ribbon that his tiny Santa earned him.
“There are carvers from all over there and they are some of the best in the world,” he said. “Even though it’s a third place, it’s still one of my pride and joys.”
Jackson specializes in characters.
“There’s no right or wrong with them,” he said. “You just continue removing wood until you like it.”
Jackson has been carving for 13 years.
“I’ve taken a lot of lessons from master carvers from Canada and the United States,” he said. “It’s very relaxing and it’s not expensive to do.”
Jackson plans to display his prize winning Santa in his carving studio where he has other pieces he’s created and the ribbons he’s won with them.
“The head person at the carving show this year said they’d gotten more comments on my little Santa than any other ornament that was turned in,” he said.
The wood carvers at the show are not required to enter the contest, but Jackson said he’s already got an idea in mind for next year that he hopes will once again draw the judges’ attention.
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