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Tim Lewis BIOGRAPHY
Born 1952. Known for: Folk art figure sculpture from hardwood tree trunks.
"Time Made Real: The Carvings of Tim Lewis," by Ned Crouch, Website of Folk Art Society of America, Accessed Mar. 2019. He was in first gear, lugging down a two-mile grade so steep that if you were... Read full biography
"Time Made Real: The Carvings of Tim Lewis," by Ned Crouch, Website of Folk Art Society of America, Accessed Mar. 2019. He was in first gear, lugging down a two-mile grade so steep that if you were coming up it empty, you had to be pushed by a D-9 Cat. It was a sure challenge even if you had done... Read full biography
"Time Made Real: The Carvings of Tim Lewis," by Ned Crouch, Website of Folk Art Society of America, Accessed Mar. 2019. He was in first gear, lugging down a two-mile grade so steep that if you were coming up it empty, you had to be pushed by a D-9 Cat. It was a sure challenge even if you had done it a million times. Keeping your fingers crossed the brake blow-out light wouldn’t show, while wrangling 45 tons of fresh-scraped coal loaded in the cradle of Junior Lewis’ truck one fine spring day,... Read full biography
"Time Made Real: The Carvings of Tim Lewis," by Ned Crouch, Website of Folk Art Society of America, Accessed Mar. 2019. He was in first gear, lugging down a two-mile grade so steep that if you were coming up it empty, you had to be pushed by a D-9 Cat. It was a sure challenge even if you had done it a million times. Keeping your fingers crossed the brake blow-out light wouldn’t show, while wrangling 45 tons of fresh-scraped coal loaded in the cradle of Junior Lewis’ truck one fine spring day, back in ’88, this was the real deal. Once you got to the bottom of Strip Mine Road, you were home free, and you rolled in, dumped out at the hoppers and headed on back. Strip Mine Road was mostly just straight up and straight down with two switchbacks... Read full biography
"Time Made Real: The Carvings of Tim Lewis," by Ned Crouch, Website of Folk Art Society of America, Accessed Mar. 2019. He was in first gear, lugging down a two-mile grade so steep that if you were coming up it empty, you had to be pushed by a D-9 Cat. It was a sure challenge even if you had done it a million times. Keeping your fingers crossed the brake blow-out light wouldn’t show, while wrangling 45 tons of fresh-scraped coal loaded in the cradle of Junior Lewis’ truck one fine spring day, back in ’88, this was the real deal. Once you got to the bottom of Strip Mine Road, you were home free, and you rolled in, dumped out at the hoppers and headed on back. Strip Mine Road was mostly just straight up and straight down with two switchbacks thrown in to lessen gravity. Ivy Creek, far below, carved the whole thing out at the beginning of time, and was there as a remin... Read full biography
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"Time Made Real: The Carvings of Tim Lewis," by Ned Crouch, Website of Folk Art Society of America, Accessed Mar. 2019.
He was in first gear, lugging down a two-mile grade so steep that if you were coming up it empty, you had to be pushed by a D-9 Cat. It was a sure challenge even if you had done it a million times. Keeping your fingers crossed the brake blow-out light wouldn’t show, while wrangling 45 tons of fresh-scraped coal loaded in the cradle of Junior Lewis’ truck one fine spring day, back in ’88, this was the real deal.
Once you got to the bottom of Strip Mine Road, you were home free, and you rolled in, dumped out at the hoppers and headed on back. Strip Mine Road was mostly just straight up and straight down...But wait, there's more...
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