IZOOMINEWS! OHMY!: Amazing Wood Chip Sculptures!

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Amazing Wood Chip Sculptures!

Imagine God forming and sculpting Adam from the dust of the ground, forming the heart, the lungs, the brain, the eyes, every part of the body. Adam was laying lifeless, until God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. Adam must have opened his eyes to behold his Maker. What a moment that would have been. God looking at His Son, Adam, with pride and joy in His created masterpiece!
Psalm 139:13-15, "Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother's womb. I thank you, High God—you're breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I'd even lived one day."

From BuzzFeed:

Sergey Bobkov uses a self-developed technique to keep the chips from crumbling, soaking the wood chips in water for a number of days, which then makes them flexible enough to sculpt. He primarily works with cembra pine, but will use other wood as occasion demands, including Siberian cedar. Each piece takes about six months to complete. The statues themselves are a work of pure passion, and Bobkov has refused to sell any of his pieces, despite any number of generous offers.
So no, I'm afraid you cannot have a wood chip owl. Unless you'd like to make your own, of course.

Source: englishrussia.com