The project began with a simple but idea: to construct a large wooden dinosaur, resting in the landscape. A prehistoric creature, frozen in time, resting, became the starting point for exploring how its form and structure and imagination should meet in a physical place.

From this initial thought came months of technical development. Detailed drawings were produced to understand how a complex, organic shape could be translated into a buildable wooden framework. The process grew into full project management: sourcing materials, planning construction phases, testing structural principles and coordinating the many hands involved. Most of the wood was recycled.

The construction unfolded step by step, from skeletal frames and circular ribs to the final outer skin. What began as lines on paper became a physical wooden dinosaur. 

The resting dinosaur invites viewers to reflect on time, on how things persist, decay, transform and return. It speaks to the paradox of being both finite and infinite: we are temporary, yet part of cycles far larger than ourselves. Placed in open nature, the sculpture becomes a point of contemplation about our environment in a global, psychological and societal sense. It reminds us that landscapes store memories, that human actions leave traces, and that the world we inhabit is shaped by both what came before us and what we choose to build now.

Special thanks to Ricky for leading the way with tools and knowledge, Lars Henrik for his tenacious planning and building, his family and neighbours.