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"As a kid in school, art was what I was always good at " Some come from browsing through books or just observing life Annual sales are about $5 million "It allowed me to do details that I couldn't before It's an irritation to his wife, Deb, 48, who is a driving force behind the business "They give it a lot of pizazz and character, and they really do make people smile There are nativity scenes, planters, bookends and candle holders Each has its own personality "They were really well done I spent hours building things with sticks or carving things out of a soap," Carruth said " â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: http://www "My dad never understood any of this," Carruth said They also acknowledge the knockoffs have taken away from potential growth He has gone from peddling his work at art fairs in northern Ohio to selling sculptures, candles and indoor art in 2,500 floral shops and landscape centers across the nation "We sue people When Carruth sculpts â€â€? usually at night in his home or studio â€â€? he cranks his stereo, listening to anything from blues to reggae to progressive rock " Within the last year, Carruth, 51, has been expanding his range by designing outdoor lighting and patio ornaments for other companies He wasn't sold on using the molds until he realized the potential to expand his work "We sold all of them right away," she said "My mom was into nature; Dad was serious," he said "There's no way to prevent those things," said Del Preuss, executive director of the Bemidji, Minn But sculpting remains his passion "There's always some new technique I want try, some new texture," he says He once carved his dog out of soap carruthstudio "Football is made for sculpting "His first comment was, 'Some people have more money than sense " David and Marilyn Bertelsbeck have about 20 Carruth pieces scattered in their garden and built into the outside walls of their home in Westerville near Columbus 50 for a statue of the bashful bunny About half of the company's sales come from items that end up indoors -based Ornamental Concrete Producers Association, which represents makers of concrete statues and other outdoor items But his brother, knowing that Carruth had a talent in art, persuaded him to attend art school where he was "basically starting from scratch The play lasts seven seconds and then they take 45 seconds to regroup He has about 300 original designs " Carruth grew up in Perryburg, a Toledo suburb, the son of a grain buyer and a homemaker "I can sit and watch TV and sculpt," he says But Carruth didn't have dreams of being an artist after he graduated from high school After two years, he began using rubber molds to cast the sculptures in concrete so that he could keep up with demand "What could be a boring wall turned into something interesting," said David Bertelsbeck The big break came when a garden catalog put his cat birdbath on the cover He was content with working in a tile factory and riding motorcycles Carruth's work is often imitated and mass-produced overseas Carruth quit his job within a year and his wife became his promoter and business manager He's also dabbling in creating toys, using his own designs to give a new look to some classic ones He took a job sculpting ornaments at American Greetings in Cleveland, and it was there that he watched fishermen use screwdrivers to carve designs into the break walls along Lake Erie " But they can't stop bigger retailers from selling the knockoffs at cheaper prices His studio produces nearly 600 pieces cast in stone every day "I just try to weed out the bad ones More homeowners are now decorating their gardens, and Carruth's style is appealing to many, said Mandy Sirofchuck, owner of Main Exhibit Gallery in Ligonier, Pa "They would actually snicker and laugh," he said " No longer are his sculptures just for the garden You have to Carruth's prices vary from $72 for the cat birdbath to $39 He didn't expect anyone to buy his work Sculptures Bring Smiles Into Backyards Aug 27, 12:39 PM EST George Carruth's face scrunches up at the thought â€â€? just like some of the faces he carves He would go down to the lakefront to carve in the rocks and the walls where some of his earliest works remain He was browsing through a magazine and saw what he thought was one of his pieces "Something loud," he says 50 "I suddenly had a flood of ideas of things that I could do," he says "Whimsy seems to be the order of the day in the garden "I don't want to do anything sterile or boring," he says "People have more fun putting things in their garden than they would in their home," she said "I thought it was our company," he said They had to rent a car to haul the two dozen hand-carved sculptures from their home in Cleveland to a community festival two hours away in Perrysburg "When I was teaching my son how to carve, I said, 'Don't make anything symmetrical '" There's King George, a bullfrog with a big belly who wears a crown, and the Garden Grouch, a grumpy-looking cousin of the jovial Garden Smile, Carruth's most popular piece and his personal favorite Instead, it was an import com '" Deb Carruth signed her husband up for his first art show And in junior high school he would draw monsters and cars on T-shirts and then sell them for a $1 " In classes at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio, he would paint or sculpt realistic works while everyone else would create abstract pieces Or he'll flip on the television Could he ever create a sculpture that was, well, ordinary? Carruth's whimsical garden art sculptures sprouted 20 years ago from a garage workshop and now can be found in back yards across the nation "We fight them as much as we can," she said "I never run out of ideas," he says But you know, what do I know?" 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