wow, the last day kinda did restore the danish image a little bit: there is an annual sand sculpture festival, and over the weekend there are chain saw carvers joining in. no, they dont carve chain saws, they carve USING chain saws. from sheerly unimaginably large "blanks", maybe one meter in diameter, oak. so, maybe 300 years old. we have played philosopher a little: 300 years ago, when the oak was "born", the chain saw was still awaiting its invention, so the oak - in her childhood - hasn't even had a clue of what methods would be available to kill her one day. which casts a little different light on the whole affair, naturally...
logically the sculptures are somewhat bigger. but really impressive! one even carved his 1 1/2 year old daughter (gabriella!) in wood with his chain saw... and collin fell in love on first sight. how sweet! :)

I'm blown away by those pieces!
That is some talent - truly impressive.