Official Name: Spike
Sponsor: The Maggs, Schoff and Welch families
Carver: The Fanning Garage Grinders
The Fanning Garage Grinders is a group of three women: master carver Eileen Fanning (Lake Pleasant, NY) and her two daughters, Pamela Chappell (Schenectady, NY) and Patricia Livingston (Newport Beach, CA).
About a year after completing the beautiful large-mouth bass, one of the Adirondack Carousel’s first completed animals, the Carousel board, at a loss for design ideas for the porcupine, approached Eileen with the hope that she would at least considerlending her design talents one more time. Unable to resist a bit of Carousel sweet-talk and prodding from Pat and Pam, Eileen finally agreed to undertake a second carving, another fun challenge that would immortalize the Garage Grinders in not one, but two breathtaking creations that would bring joy to many people and become part of Adirondack history.
Eileen, Pat and Pam also thank Agustin Rodiles (Sierra Madre, CA) for creating the porcupine blank, Gordon Mickelsen and Peter McAnally (Surprise, AZ) for helping add the extra wood for the head quills and paw flowers, and Carl Borst (NY) who assisted with the face.
