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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- gabe75over 11 yearscool
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- Bailey 5about 12 yearsI wish it was that easy to do that because i would be the first one to do that that is amazing
- katrinadabout 12 yearsthat is soooo amazing.
- anthonyabout 12 yearsso cool
- rockzombieabout 12 yearsHow did he manage to be so invisible?
- jcxdabout 12 yearsthat is really creative.
- goodartistabout 12 yearsi am the artist my name is juan corlette im glad every one likes my work
- Cristian Nabout 12 yearsi think that it was good to attract tourist to see his art work. that is so creative and no one has ever thought of.
- Daisy about 12 yearswow i thought the trees that were in different shapes were made by people cutting pieces of it but now i think a different thing by reading this article who knows it could be our future on how they will look like.