"It has to be the right log," Billy tells me. I meet the chainsaw carver near to Dersingham, where he's currently working on a hare. Which is fitting really, as I've been curious about his work since seeing it at Docking Hare Fair.
"This is your Norfolk hare," he tells me, "The idea behind this one is she's going to have one leg up and one leg down, just to create a little bit of movement."
"She's blocked out," he continues, "So the initial shape has been made with a larger chainsaw, and now she's at the stage where I start to refine it, take the shape in, create cheeks, muscle lines - I'm probably a day into it and another day to go on this one."
Billy starts up the saw and continues to carve.
When he stops for a break, I ask how he's mastered a tool - that with one movement, could potentially ruin the whole thing.
"Practice," Billy says, "And a lot of patience and persistence! It's taken 4 years to be able to do this carving in two days."
"I got into this initially through forestry, and a friend of mine, Henry Hepworth-Smith - who's a chainsaw carver. Whilst I was working in forestry I had an accident, and broke the bottom half of my leg.
"Whilst recovering I couldn't sit still, so he got me to - with my cast on - tinker away with my chainsaw. Once I recovered, I did return to forestry for a bit, but the carving just took over pretty much immediately to be honest."
This year Billy took part in Sandringham's Game and Country Fair, creating 'Hare Henry', "To honour the man that originally steered me in my journey to becoming a chainsaw carver."
He says it's the people he loves most about the job.
"Getting to meet new people every single day - especially when we're out roadside and at shows. I also get to do a lot of charity work through the carving, which is massive for me."
Billy at Sandringham in September, with Hare Henry
"I spend a couple of evenings before I make anything maybe looking at pictures. Then you just go for it, you look at your log - you imagine the outline of what you're trying to create, just chip away slowly - slowly being the key part!
"I think the craziest thing about the carving is I can't just choose any log to make anything from, I have my wood stack at home, courtesy of Heacham's Moulam and Horn - and I'll go through it looking for a hare.
"It's one thing people just can't get their heads around, they'll say Billy just use that one - and I think nah, that's not a hare, that's a squirrel," he smiles.
He says it can be stressful, especially when faced with a challenging carve, but says it's worth it, "The stegosaurus took the longest this year, having so many plates on its back, it made it tricky."
Billy adds it's become 'a way of life', "It's a better way of life, it's a more quality way of life - it allows me to spend more time with my children."
"It's finishing a carving after having said yes to do it, but with no idea of how to go about it, that's one of the best parts about it to be honest.
"When you knock on the door to drop it off and they love it, that for me is ultimate satisfaction. Even more so if it's a memorial piece or for a big birthday."
We think Billy's creations are as charming as he is, click on the video to see him at work.
To see Billy's carvings and to get in touch with him: https://www.facebook.com/BillyBickellArbandGarden/?locale=en_GB
