I Spent 400 Hours Carving This Out of an Ancient Tree.

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Published 2023-06-24
This (almost) Life-Size T REX skull took me over 400 hours and was carved out of an Old Growth Redwood Burl estimated to be over 1000 years old. #carving #woodworking #art
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All Comments (21)
  • @eliforeal5261
    The pits you noticed running along the jaws are called Foramen and are thought to supply the soft tissues of the face (presumably big lizardy-lips) with blood and nutrients. Many lizards today like monitor lizards have them too! Phenomenal attention to detail, just really outstanding work!
  • @-MrFozzy-
    I have no idea how you can sell something you’ve wanted to do for so long. A true artist. I certainly couldn’t sell something so cool
  • @vortozan5395
    1000 years old Redwood Burl, and you matched the significance of a piece of wood like that. Phenomenal work!
  • your workshop has got to smell soooooo good with all that wood. My shop smells like engine guts and oil.
  • @Joshua_Knowles_
    by the way, trex skulls are full of old fractures, broken teeth, lacerations, etc... that void above the eye is very realistic like the trex got into a fight with another animal or even another rex! we also commonly see laceration marks on trex bones that line up exactly with triceratops horns. Beautiful sculpture ❤
  • @kaoticmachine
    Never seen you craft before, happy little stumble in my feed. As a huge fan/nutcass for dinosaurs, jurassic park and all things prehistoric, I was absolutely glued to the screen watching this. Your narration, tone of voice and craft skill is incredible. If I had the money and didn't live over the pond I'd be buying this for sure. I'm truely amazed at the work. Incredible my man, amazing
  • That’s the most amazing and beautiful wood sculpture I’ve ever seen and I’m a massive fan of dinosaurs and their realism/attention to detail and I believe you nailed it and did the right thing with keeping all the small blemishes to give this sculpt character. Truly inspiring!
  • @d4mdcykey
    To be able to acquire an old growth redwood that's over 1000 years old is astounding on multiple levels in itself, but then to turn it into THAT exquisite piece of art is the kind of transformations in life I will never tire of. Congratulations on a long journey that proved beyond successful.
  • @FlyinBrian777
    The holes you're referring to at 12:37 are called "foramen" or "foramina". Originally they were passageways/tunnels for nerves and blood vessels. Pretty common in most vertebrae lifeforms, including humans. Love your work, sir.
  • @meglh23
    Thank you for making something so amazing to honor this special piece of wood, and for sharing this with us. Thank you for not giving up!
  • Absolutely incredible, and sold for $48,000. I wish I had seen this sooner, I would’ve bought it myself LOL. What a wonderful piece of art, and congrats on the massive sale
  • @DavidsWoodturning
    When you said the 400 working hours I knew this will be epic, but man the result exceeded my imagination. Defiantly your best sculpture ever. Also love the fact, there is not any epoxy in this project. Well done
  • @pjstraw
    That needs to be in a museum! Amazing work, once again.
  • @GailNielsen
    This piece is freaking unbelievable. I've watched all your videos and love every piece you make but this one has to be my favorite so far. You're a true artist!!
  • @pancakeidiot14
    I have no words. It is absolutely mastful, it's like magic watching you carve it! I love the imperfectsion as well, especially because I too struggle to accept them in my work/art too. Either way, this was absolutely worth it, and you are incredibly strong to have persevered enough to finish this spectacularly epic sculpture! ❤ (I honestly kinda hope this will find its home in a museum, the world needs to see this and not just in video form either!)
  • The dimples around the jaw are for nerves! I don't remember whether they're anchor points or something else but they've got to do with the nerves in the tyrannosaur's lips (we know they had lips partially because of the even arrangement of the dimples, which I think is really neat). Glad you included them in the sculpture, it came out amazing!
  • @emilyolsen3916
    I’m so glad you chose to work with the imperfections! It adds the perfect character to it, and lends itself well to an old fossil look! Awesome work!
  • @paulcavanagh3324
    That’s one of the finest pieces of wood sculpture I’ve seen anyone has made..outstanding 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
  • @86fifty
    HUGE congrats, this is a giant, impressive achievement indeed! The reveal of the many chunks saved under the tarp at 11:44 is my favorite part - I'm so happy that so many cut-offs from this project will be saved and used in future works!