FANTASTIC BEASTS
Jack Marsden-Mayer didn’t just wake up one morning and decide to build a five-metre high Tyrannosaurus rex out of driftwood. He’d been thinking about it for years, but it took a beer and some badgering to finally spur him into action.
“I was working at a canoe lodge in Raurimu and having a drink with my boss when I told him I’ve always wanted to build a sculpture,” says the 41 year old. “He said, ‘So why don’t you?’ and got his tools out of the truck.”
Someone liked the resulting sculpture and paid Marsden-Mayer to build them another one. Then someone else did, too, and the whole thing snowballed.
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