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Carving The Way By: montzerrath reyes

TJ Jenkins, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, started carving seven years ago. Jenkins got the idea for carving after he went to spend time in the Appalachian Mountains.

Jenkins has been demonstrating his work at the Kansas State Fair this week.

He would see stuff he really enjoyed looking at and from there it went on to be a fun hobby for him so he stuck with it.

“Carving was a distraction from just the daily hassle, the fear of losing a job, a car catching on fire and family health problems,” Jenkins said.

After a while of doing it, people would notice his work and would ask for designs and different kinds of special carvings. To start off his carvings he likes to find any sort of 3D figure, pictures or an outline to study and decide where to start the outside of his project.

Jenkins always starts off with a big saw for bigger pieces. He uses chainsaws just for the fact that they’re fast and closest to lightsaber. He continues by using a smaller saw to carve out more details. In the end to finish off the smallest carving details he likes to use an angle grinder to smooth out the end result.

Jenkins also finishes off by painting his projects. He spends around 8-10 hours a day carving.

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