Griffon Ramsey
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Ramsey at RTX 2011
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| Born |
April 23, 1980 Eugene, Oregon |
| Residence | Austin, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Movement | Chainsaw art |
| Spouse(s) | Geoff Ramsey (m. 2005) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | http://griffonramsey.com |
Griffon E. Ramsey (born April 23, 1980) is an American chainsaw carving artist based in Austin, Texas best known for her pop-culture wood sculptures which have appeared at the Australian Chainsaw Carving Championships and the Butler Chainsaw Carving Invitational.Chip Chats magazine described her as a “world-famous” artist with an, “edgy and bold style” while VICE and Uproxx called her a, “rock star of the art world” and noted her being a female in a largely male dominated field.
Several of her YouTube videos have attracted attention online, including her sculpting an Eastern red cedar into Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy, which accumulated over 115,000 views in three days. Her channel currently has over 3,300,000 video views and 80,000 subscribers.
Griffon Ramsey grew up in Oregon and was inspired by the carvings she saw as a child, including those of her grandfather. She graduated summa cum laude in 2008 from Texas State University with a BFA in Theatre and began chain-saw sculpting in 2011. She was mentored by Disneyland parks wood designer R.L. Blair. On an episode of Rooster Teeth's show Always Open, Griffon stated that Griffon is not her actual birth name and she had it changed. She has since refused to acknowledge or disclose what her birth name is as she no longer feels a connection to that name and prefers Griffon.
Prior to wood sculpting, Ramsey designed and painted playground markings at elementary schools in the Austin Independent School District in order to promote active learning. The project was done in collaboration with Burl Norville and the University of Texas School of Public Health to, "utilize playground stencils to encourage physical activity."
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