Gordon Possien has been earning
his living as a carver of wood since 1979. Each of his wood carvings is an original creation.
An endless imagination is his main ingredient for his talent of working with
wood. He has accepted numerous commissions for both private and public collections throughout the
United States and Europe. Gordon enjoys working with each individual client, creating
distinctively unique custom designed works of art.
Gordon's studio is located high in the Colorado Rockies in the small town of
Pitkin, Colorado.
At an elevation of 9,245 feet, Pitkin is on the old Denver and South Park railroad line
in Gunnison County, 28 miles northwest of Gunnison. Pitkin was Colorado's first mining camp
west of the continental divide. Continuous discovery of mines in the vicinity brought Pitkin
to life and sustained it for many years. In 1884, the hotels and restaurants were serving over five hundred guests on Sundays.
The town boasted of having over two thousand inhabitants. The remote mountain hamlet was booming! Today, the population is
around 100 inhabitants, just a quite little laid back mountain town.
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