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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- meganover 12 yearscool
- danielleover 12 yearsI love these sculptures! They're such a beautiful work of art
- jakeover 12 yearswell they r prety big. so
- catgirl123over 12 yearstrue true
- dylanover 12 yearshoooooooooooooooooow do they do that
- wowover 12 yearswow look
- Unknownover 12 yearsthat looks like the symbol for temple run :P
- chrisdude2025over 12 yearsit does
- thy5bover 12 yearsTHAT IS REALLY COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3!
- Popover 12 yearsso coooooool i wish i could do that
- grrrrrrrrrrrover 12 yearsgrr he is cutting trees!!!!!!!!!!
- purple97over 12 yearsSo what.
- chrisdude2025over 12 yearsget over it it looks sick
- asdfghjklover 12 yearswow