Marvin Robert Kaisersatt is an American woodcarver. He was born in Montgomery, Minnesota February 1, 1939 to Bessie and Benjamin Kaisersatt. Career After high school in Montgomery, MN, Kaisersatt graduated from St. John's University in Collegeville, MN with a degree in Mathematics. He then joined the US Army and spent time overseas before leaving the military early to teach math at Escuela San Antonio Abad in Humaca, Puerto Rico. He then moved to Monticello, MN, where he continued to teach before moving to Faribault in 1976 where he taught math until his retirement in 1995. He began wood carving seriously in 1976 during a teacher's strike. A caricature carver, he specializes in carving multi-figure scenes from a single block of basswood. Pieces take on a sculptural quality through the interplay of mass and space. The carvings are finished with sealer, but not varnished, and presented either without color, or with a hand-painted, detailed, watercolor finish and then waxed. Kaisersatt has taught classes (held through Whillock Studios and CCA) focusing on design, clay modeling, and carving technique. He is a founding member of the Caricature Carvers of America, which is dedicated to promoting the art of caricature carving. His favorite caricaturist is Al Hirschfeld. Cartooning and caricatures play a large role in Kaisersatt's designs and story lines. His book, Creating Caricature Heads in Wood and on Paper explains carving caricature heads and lays out a detailed procedure for designing them. Kaisersatt has also authored multiple teaching articles published in Woodcarver's Magazine. Awards Kaisersatt's awards include honors from the International Woodcarvers Congress in Davenport, Iowa where he has won “Best of Caricatures” in 9 of 10 years, the Upper Midwest Woodcarvers Expo in Blue Earth, Minnesota and the Nordic Fest Woodcarving Exhibition in Decorah, Iowa. He was chosen as Wood Carving Illustrated magazine's wood carver of the year in 2006, and Kaisersatt was featured in the Fall 2007 edition of Woodcarver's Magazine. 1989 - Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum, Blue ribbon for “Man at Grindstone” figure 1989 - Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum, White ribbon for “Woodcarver at his bench” figure 1990 - Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum, Blue ribbon for “Woodcutter” figure 1991 - Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum, Blue ribbon for “Old Time Photographer” figure 1991 - International Woodcarver’s Congress, Cecil Wakefield Award for Unusual Interpretation 1991 - Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum, Decora, IA, Gold Medal Award 1992 - International Woodcarver's Congress, Featured Show