North Yorkshire's Mysterious Tree Sculptor Finally Revealed
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For the last two months, the residents of the historic town of Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, UK have been scratching their heads in amazement as they watched the radical transformation of ordinary trees in the nearby woods, into extraordinary works of art.
However, it seems that the artist who created the intricate tree carvings that included a diving kingfisher plucking fish from the sea, a spooky figure and a larger than life lizard, both of which seemed to come directly from Harry Potter's Forbidden Forest, did not want to be discovered.
But, the locals and the media were not going to give up that easily. Reporters from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) finally decided to approach the owner of the wooded area, David Brown, to see if he knew anything about them
Turns out that it was he who had commissioned award-winning British chainsaw tree sculptor Tommy Craggs, to create these mystical works of art. The former lumberjack, who only carves trees that are already on the ground or those that need to be felled, is a master at his profession and cherishes in going around the world, creating amazing works of art.
As to how he managed to complete these carvings without anyone seeing him is this open area that is accessible to the general public, still remains a mystery. However, the town folk are not complaining. These sculptures have just added a new tourist draw to the area that is already popular for its quirky architecture and annual art festivals.
Resources: inhabitat.com, treehugger.com, coolgreenmagazine.com,thisiscollosal.com
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- You Mamaover 12 yearsThat is kool it is sculpted into a tree!!!!!!!
- heyover 12 yearswow! that's amazing! i can't believe someone carved that!! =)
- kevirinoover 12 yearshow do people do things like these?
- coolgirl!!over 12 yearsthats so cool!! i wish i can see that in person to bad i did my current events on something else!!! ):
- kdogover 12 yearsthat cool dog
- kdogover 12 yearshow long does that take
- Animal loverover 12 yearsThese are amazing sculptures of different animals :) I really want to go see this in person ;)
- xx_kaira12_xxover 12 yearsWow!! Thats AMAZING i want to go c that myself Whoever did that is one great artist <3
- orenover 12 yearsi could clime those trees can you
- nichole2409over 12 yearsYep i could easy
- melmooover 12 yearsawsome I would totally want to go there awsomeness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!