The Most Astonishing Chainsaw Art from A Cut Above

The incredible master carving sculptures from the world's best chainsaw carvers. Watch these top chainsaw carvers from around the world compete for a $50,000 cash prize in the wood carving competition show, A CUT ABOVE, Sundays at 10a ET/PT on Discovery.

October 03, 2022

By: Discovery

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Episode 2 Winner: Ryan Villiers

"I went with hope on this one. Social media and TV is so much negativity. I'd hope we could get back to that child that's all in us. That little boy that's in a grocery store that's in his Halloween Batman suit that doesn't have a care in the world."

Episode 2: John Hayes

"I tell ya straight up, you (the judges) put me in the bottom two. I thought I was going home. I felt like I had no choice but to come out swinging. His tongue is actually a love heart for you. "

Episode 2: Bongo Love

"This is straight fear, man. I'm from Africa, I grew up around too many snakes."

Episode 2: Joel Palmer

"My biggest fear is the perception in the world, the way we treat the environment, searching for wealth. It's sucking up the energy of what it's seeing."

Episode 2: Junior Henderson

"Fear. When we were young children, my parents would tell us be in before dark or the Tsonoqua is gonna come steal us. "

Episode 2: Andrew Mallon

"I come from a big family. I'm one of 10 kids. Not having loved ones and family around me, I have a fear of being lonely."

Episode 2: Sylvia Itzen

"The figure inside is me trying to break out. My fear is losing my creativity."

Episode 2: Sam Bowsher

"I went with hope. My hope is that the people in my family grow old, happy, with good health."

Episode 2: Chris Wood

"It's hope. It's me and my girlfriend. I miss her."

Episode 2: Aya Blaine

"My hope is my son, and fear is something trying to take him away. I get both in my head at the same time."

Episode 2: Jesse Toso

"One of my greatest fears is humanity losing hope. I represented hope with a sprout and carving scissors. I really wanted them to look like they're going to cut."

Episode 1: Joel Palmer

"The ouroboros snake is a snake that eats itself. I think of that as my life. I make mistakes, and the way that we grow is actually by moving past a lot of stuff."

Episode 1: Bongo Love

"If you look carefully, it's like someone playing drums. In Africa, the drum is the heartbeat."

Episode 1: Chris Wood

"It's me as a tree being knocked down, getting back up, creating again."

Episode 1: Junior Henderson

"Since I've been a young boy, I've been taught honor the people of this land. It's a chief's headdress."

Episode 1 Winner: Sylvia Itzen

"I like to carve abstract. The bottom describes my family. The cuts are the things that hurt me because whatever happens, you have to go up."

Episode 1: Aya Blaine

"I had an accident. I couldn't carve for three, four years. Slowly coming back. I'm the tiger, comes out from the fire."

Episode 1: Andrew Mallon

"It's an hourglass. This upper section talks about my hard work. Then, it's heavier because the sand falls down, and that's my family."

Episode 1: Ryan Villiers

"The bottom is the universe's flow coming up through me, and what the hands represent is me opening up my mind."

Episode 1: John Hayes

"It's about my dad as an angel. "

Episode 1: Jesse Toso

"I try to honor the tree every time I carve. I kind of feel like it's in my blood. The veins are going into the roots. These are my tools."

Episode 1: Brigette Locchead

"I carved seven pickup sticks. I like to be playful, but also, there's ups and downs in life. I pick myself up from that experience, and go on. "

Episode 1: Sam Bowsher

"All the animals featured have a trait that I have myself, too. The beaver, he's a bit of a wood guy. He likes building things. The barn owl, he likes working on his own. "