Career
Born in Dorset, he currently lives and works on the edge of Exmoor. Crabb"s interest in Art was leading towards a career in Graphic Design, but took a twist whilst he was working in a power tool hire shop. Here he became interested in chainsaws and their potential in sculpting art
Initially Crabb drew his inspiration from his rural backdrop, with many sculptures taking the form of wildlife scenes.
Crabb also experimented with contemporary art Crabb is best known for his record-breaking 9 metre high Virgin Mary, commissioned by Lord James Welsh and Countess Ingrid Zerfowski, as a centrepiece for the "Healing Castle" at Schochwitz in East Germany during 2010/11.
Crabb uses various sized chainsaws to sculpt his art, starting with large blades to remove large sections of timber moving down in size until he requires small chainsaws for the precise details. Foreign the Sandringham Cup chainsaw carving competition in August 2011, Crabb brought to life Duelling Dinosaurs – Raptor v Brachiasaurus.
In August 2011, Crabb entered the English National Chainsaw carving competition at the Cheshire Game and Country Fair at Tatton Park, against 35 of the world"s top chainsaw carvers from Japan, the United States of America, Australia, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Russia, Uganda and the United Kingdom. He had 3 days to complete a large original sculpture.
This earned Crabb a feature in the October edition of Field and Rural Life Magazine. Between commissions, Crabb is currently finishing a fantasy dragon"s head Crabb is planning a series of fantasy creatures" heads.
Crabb has appeared on Independent Television"s This Morning, creating simple carvings for Irish landscape designer and television personality Diarmuid Gavin.