r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Akaki111 • Jan 26 '23
A completely hand-carved work made by sculptor Dengding Rui Yao from a dead Sequoia Tree and completed in about 3 years. Removed: Repost
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u/Kevaldes Jan 26 '23
I wonder if this was the project he kept in the back for those occasions when nothing else seemed to be working the way he wanted. "Fuck this, I'mma go work on the lion." 😂
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u/nipple_fiesta Jan 26 '23
His Basement Boat
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u/Kevaldes Jan 26 '23
NCIS reference?
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u/nipple_fiesta Jan 26 '23
Yes! I just started binge watching it recently
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u/Kevaldes Jan 26 '23
Yeah, It's a pretty great show to leave on in the background. I remember back when I had cable there was a channel that ran like a six hour block of NCIS reruns every day, so I just left it on while I was going about my day.
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u/Mr-source Jan 26 '23
Do you know how he gets it out
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u/therealpoltic Jan 27 '23
It’s a running gag for the show. The boats do get out but we’re left to question how.
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u/Opposite-Degree7361 Jan 27 '23
He shows/tells how eventually.
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u/OptimusSublime Jan 26 '23
Why is this one of a kind wooden structure being transported uncovered?
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u/TomJLewis Jan 26 '23
That low rider trailer, in the fast lane too.
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u/AshleyBidensDiary Jan 26 '23
Right. I’d be pissed when it arrived covered in dents dings and slightly sand blasted.
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u/HammerBgError404 Jan 27 '23
its mirrored. this is not the original
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u/Lint_baby_uvulla Jan 27 '23
Ah. So they are now taking it back?
Karen - I did NOT order this on
AmazonAliExpress, I ordered tiger yoga pants with a wood pattern
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u/Alternative_Ad2040 Jan 26 '23
3 years of hard work, determination, care put into every detail….. not one fuck given about how it’s transported
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u/jimbobthestarfish Jan 26 '23
The guy who made its already been paid, the guy that bought it though dgaf
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u/No-Cod7072 Jan 26 '23
I predict the next time I see this on Reddit it will be upside down, after seeing this a second time horizontally flipped.
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u/trustyourtech Jan 27 '23
Dude created a traffic violation video now so can also post in idiotsincars for extra karma.
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u/radrun84 Jan 26 '23
Also, If I worked on that fuckin thing for 3+ years, I'd be nervous AF, to have it just cruising uncovered. They didn't even put anything between the straps & the load itself. IT Just doesn't seem totally safe
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u/beans3710 Jan 26 '23
Sequoia wood is very soft sort and light of like balsa wood which is why they can haul such a big piece of wood down the highway.
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u/ilovestampfairtex Jan 26 '23
Anyone who can craft such amazing beautiful work has my admiration. I’m in awe of their talents
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u/Big_Baloogas Jan 26 '23
They could have atleast covered it. Really neat to see but it had to be full of rock chips after that trip.
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u/Slight-Carob-5696 Jan 26 '23
3 years? Is that the statue of limitations for this limitation of statues?
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u/Odd_Professional9927 Jan 27 '23
No this is art, I can appreciate. It will last for a very long time. Beautiful.
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u/A_Lovely_ Jan 26 '23
So what’ll that be, about $3.50?
Seriously anyone know the price on that?
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u/Kevaldes Jan 26 '23
Several hundred thousand at least, at a conservative estimate. Probably more likely to be in the ten or even hundred millions.
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u/lilStankfur Jan 26 '23
Idk.. if it was worth tens of millions I'd figure they atleast put a tarp over it
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u/s986246 Jan 26 '23
Could be 10 million dollars. People pay millions of dollars for hand crafted wood furnitures / decoration in South East Asia. You would see a set of wooden living room furnitures that’s several millions of dollars and nobody would sit on it in some wealthy people’s houses overthere
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u/Remote_Bet_4459 Jan 26 '23
It's allegedly the largest wooden sculpture in the world, 20 people worked on it over 3 years. It stands in Wuhans Fortune Plaza Times Square. I don't know if it even has a price currently.
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u/kalitarios Jan 27 '23
The local wood chainsaw carvings here sell for $10,000 for a 6 foot tall sculpture. This one is probably on the north end of a million
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u/radrun84 Jan 26 '23
Bezos is outta control.
*World's largest Super Yacht (Sailed or Motored) *World's first recreational Space Rocket (so if you're, Will Shatner, or Harrison Ford, you can take a ride to space with Ur buddy Bezo's!) *World largest wooden Sculpture, from a dead Sequoia Tree!
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u/Skegetchy Jan 27 '23
I always wish these wood carvings had a matt finish. Not sure why but but i guess I’m just not a gloss guy.
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u/Pawdy-The-Furry Jan 26 '23
Love the Transformers music in the background
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u/OkLawfulness9089 Jan 27 '23
Wow! Is this wonderful so nice! Where did this go???? Beautiful piece!!!
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u/awkwardgirl34 Jan 27 '23
Okay but… somehow this just made my final destination 2 nightmares worse.
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u/ManyFacedGodxxx Jan 27 '23
I ordered it for my living room. I messed up the “ inch and ‘ foot symbols…
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u/ERROR-5O4 Jan 27 '23
Thanks to Reddit, all I can anticipate is some idiot in car to happen by and desolate this art of craftsmanship.
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u/PaysPlays Jan 27 '23
“Oriental Lion” displayed on a plaza in Wuhan, something they probably would prefer to be known for.
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u/spoollyger Jan 27 '23
Why wouldn’t you wrap this before shipment? It’s just going to be covered in loads of dead bugs now
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u/OKoLenM1 Jan 27 '23
The video posted 999999-th time and every time post have more than 1000 karma.
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u/Champayne54 Jan 27 '23
Imagine being the driver who’s career is on the line if they don’t deliver that thing without damage
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u/madcowrawt Jan 27 '23
Id hate to be the truck driver... also, couldn't they have shrink wrapped it? Shits gonna be covered in bug guts
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u/Unable-Captain-6627 Jan 27 '23
Umm of course it’s from a “dead“sequoia tree. Thank you captain obvious.
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Jan 27 '23
Imagine the facial expression of the redditor who added this music on top of the original video. I can see the sweat beading on their eyebrows
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u/Portrait_Robot Jan 27 '23
Hey u/Akaki111, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating Rule 3:
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