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

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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[@kuro8171]

jurassic bark

[@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

[@TheSapphireStarOfficial]

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

[@JerryRigEverything]

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 ❤

[@vortozan5395]

1000 years old Redwood Burl, and you matched the significance of a piece of wood like that.

[@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

[@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.

[@pjstraw]

That needs to be in a museum! Amazing work, once again.

[@tylerblazejewski6925]

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!

[@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!

[@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

[@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!

[@anonony9081]

The opening is a great reminder to anyone to think hard before turning a hobby or passion into a job. If this was a client piece you probably would have had to scrap that first piece of wood and find a new one or have a hard conversation with the client.

[@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! ❤

[@FlyinBrian777]

The holes you're referring to at

[@cactusthestupid7222]

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

[@AhmedSobhy-ni5wb]

Hey Blake

[@paulcavanagh3324]

That’s one of the finest pieces of wood sculpture I’ve seen anyone has made..outstanding 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼