The Photographer
Bob Travis

A while back we decided to do a special carving for a friend of CCA. The individual to be “honored” had worked tirelessly on our behalf, and we wanted to say “thank you” in a special way. As president of CCA I was in the enviable position of coming up with an idea that I could get others to carry out. We decided that the carving would be a caricature of a photographer. I asked Dave Dunham to work up a sketch of the subject that would form the basis of a pattern. Dave not only prepared the sketch, but he designed a pattern in which the subject’s body was separated into the head, torso, arms and legs. To spread the workload a bit we asked several members to assist us. Thus, the head was carved by Marv Kaisersatt, the torso by Dave Stetson, the right arm by Dave Dunham, the left arm by Dennis Thornton, the left leg by Peter Ortel and the right leg by Pete LeClair. At that point we had a collection of body parts that were supposed to represent the “Photographer". Randy Landen graciously agreed to construct the figure from the assorted parts, and paint the completed carving. Of course, we couldn’t have a photographer without a camera so we asked Phil Bishop to help us here. Once again, Randy handled the painting. Randy also made and painted the base. The carvers that participated in this project worked only from Dave Dunham’s sketches. There was no communication between those members during the carving process. Needless to say, we were pleased with the outcome.