Post #658385 by Mongoloid on Sat, Nov 10, 2012 3:46 PM

Was driving through Malibu Canyon today with Pineapple Princess and out of the corner of my eye I spotted some 12 foot tikis on a ridge and saw some other carvings in a tucked away ranch. So for the cause of urban archeology made a u turn to investigate. There was a sign that said private so I walked up the dirt driveway as far as I could without being a complete intruder and risk being mauled after seeing the slow for dogs sign.. I saw there was a number on the side of a trailer at the bottom of the driveway so I called the number and left a message and drove off. I received a call back from Matt Clements who told me that was their workshop where they do carvings with chainsaws for special orders but I was more then welcome to come back and see if there was anything they had on site that I would be interested in or if I wanted to place a custom order for a carving. It also turns out tonight they are having the premier episode (1 of 12) based on him and the other carvers he works with called Chainsaw Gang for CMT (country music channel). I returned and spoke with Rio a chain smoking blond mulleted character, really nice guy who gave us a tour. These guys have some real talent. Besides the tikis they carve they had various animal carvings that were super impressive. I didn't buy anything but I'm looking forward to watching their show to see them in action.

[ Edited by: Hakalugi - re-arranged images - 2012-11-10 23:28 ]