Marv Kaisersatt taught junior high math in Faribault, Minnesota until his retirement in 1995. In 1976, during a teachers strike, he turned to woodcarving. Marv began teaching Caricature Carving in 1985 and specializes in carving multi-figure scenes from a single block of basswood.
He teaches classes at Whillock Studio in Faribault with an emphasis on designing in clay and carving the caricature from bandsawn blanks. Marv has written a book, “Creating Caricature Heads in Wood and on Paper.” It takes the carver through yet another approach for carving caricature heads, but more important, it lays out a detailed procedure for designing them.
At the International Woodcarvers Congress, considered by many as the premier general woodcarving competition, Marv, as a caricature carver, has amassed a variety of awards and honors.
1991 - Cecil Wakefield Award for Unusual Interpretation
1992 - Featured Show Exhibit
1996 - Peoples Choice Award
1997 - Second Show Runner-up
1998 - Flexcut Creativity Award
2002 - Featured Show Exhibit
2002 - First Show Runner-up
2003 - Cecil Wakefield Award for Unusual Interpretation
2004 - Best in Show
Best in Caricatures (11 times)
In 2006 he was honored by Woodcarving Illustrated as their Woodcarver of the Year.