r/nextfuckinglevel • u/anikkundu1998 • 17h ago

Intricate woodworking that makes solid wood look like fluid

Source-IG:the._.dow

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u/Vellioh 17h ago

Would have loved to see the bottom of that Kraken table

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u/riptog 17h ago

Exactly. I want you to see more underneath that one!

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u/jdolluc 16h ago

Found it on his insta https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0t0AJgIIhP/?obrf=eXMyMG94Z2o1YzZp

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u/Dramatic_Charity_979 15h ago

Thank you for this. Insanely cool :D

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u/Vellioh 13h ago

Okay, thats sick. I have no idea how in the world you would fit that into any decor but im down to try.

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u/throwaway098764567 10h ago

this would be amazing in a really expensive cocktail bar but i feel like you'd need a plexi surround of the top and bottom to prevent people from wrecking it

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u/Terror_Visions 17h ago

Hear me out.

This but with Godzilla

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u/Shadokastur 17h ago

That's what I thought when we saw the tail. Still cool! But not Godzilla

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u/catscanmeow 15h ago

hear me out

if you watch godzilla in reverse, its about a giant lizard who rebuilds a city then moonwalks into the ocean

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u/cainsharma 17h ago

Hearm me out this but harambe's ass

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u/beardedheathen 15h ago

A motion sensor so that there is a tiny chance when you sit down the eye opens for a moment.

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u/beardedwerebear 17h ago

My exact thought. Bunch of nerds we are.

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u/Gobbledok 13h ago

Hear me out,

The dragon wall from Skyrim

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u/Coretron 15h ago

Loch Ness Monster for me plz

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u/unabiker 13h ago

I can build a swimmin Godzilla table. Got a .stl file and a heap of walnut. Hit me up. @b_jenius_art on insta

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u/FortKnoxBoner 17h ago

I feel like the first one is perfection. It truly feels like a pond crossing through soft water on any given day. Very serene.

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u/queuedUp 16h ago

The ripples in the wood moving outward are so subtle and perfect

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u/CharlotteLucasOP 13h ago

It’s gotta be amazing when you get a perfectly formed natural piece of raw material where the grain runs in such a way that an artist can immediately see the potential to reveal something unique and special within the wood or stone or whatever it is.

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u/YouthInRevolt 16h ago

Artist's name is Scott Dow, has a lot of cool videos showing his process on his YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@scottdowart

I helped build a restaurant in Cambridge, MA called Gato Exotico and the owner purchased 3 of these tables if anyone's in that area and wants to see them in person!

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u/sookaisgone 14h ago

I really dig it, the only thing I'm scared of could be the price; how much for one?

edit: is about 12k from my research, I still dig it but can't buy it.

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u/throwaway098764567 10h ago

wow that's way cheaper than i was expecting

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u/spicy_ass_mayo 17h ago

Han Solo in the carbonite block anyone?!

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u/Colon_Oscopy_74 17h ago

Princess Lathea

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u/atli123 16h ago

Take my upvote and get outta here. Scram!

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u/grungegoth 17h ago

Damn, that's real craftsmanship!

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u/Educational_Lab_7790 17h ago

Ohh the Kraken! Thats just gold.

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u/gr8y22 17h ago

No, Its wood.

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u/XerxesJester 5h ago

2 seinfeld references in a row?!

Thats gold Jerry, but it's the wood that makes it good. That takes levels.

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u/LostInRetransmission 16h ago

To the sound of a nice Krakmina Burana

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u/This_Growth2898 17h ago

Singing

This octopus
Let's give him boots
Send him to North Korea...

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u/Youpunyhumans 15h ago

That crocodile... he swam a mile... to savour the gazelle hoofs

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u/wrxninja 16h ago

How the hell are we going to play Yahtzee on this table??? GUYS?!

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u/-MrFozzy- 17h ago

Well….thats impressive

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u/MrYaowa857 17h ago

I need a Godzilla inspired one 👀

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u/PtrPorkr 17h ago

Alan Parish must have rolled a 7
https://giphy.com/gifs/peDlc8KrykHIc

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u/DigIndividual3467 17h ago

Salsa cookies!!

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u/Capable-Broccoli2179 17h ago

you lost me with the Carmina Burana.

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u/Iliasterisk 17h ago

Is the Kraken attacking Noah's Ark...?

It looks so cool and I want to see more of it.

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u/DotAffectionate87 17h ago

Iimpressive......

But outside of a hunting lodge?......Nahhh

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u/Historical_Usual5828 17h ago

Fr. How would you even use these? Especially that last one. Unusable table. Just an art piece.

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u/mrthomasfritz 16h ago

glass top with feet to suspend it over the artwork.

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u/bigeasy19 12h ago

Most of these look like the size of a console table that would be against a wall like one you would put your wallet and keys on when you enter a house

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u/-_-Notmyrealaccount 17h ago

It doesn’t need to be a table, it can hang on a wall.

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u/Tigan4e 17h ago

Oh, look at that cute swamp puppy! Yoink!

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u/Mocollombi 17h ago

At first I thought the first table was going to be Godzilla.

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u/TheMace808 17h ago

I need a sub full of art that looks like completely solid objects have fluidity/translerency, like a thin cloth draped over a face or water like this

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u/Magister5 17h ago

fluwood, if you will

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u/VastSavanna 17h ago

Now that's art

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u/imeeme 17h ago

But wait! There’s more!!!

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u/Weirdsk8rHippie 17h ago

As a former Floridian, I want this table.

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u/Pnmamouf1 17h ago

Is this hand carved or cnc?

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u/poop-azz 17h ago

Yo this isn't my thing but my god the gator is amazing, I love that.

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u/Squirrel_Kng 17h ago

Could have shown off the kraken one better.

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u/Malino6 17h ago

Imagine being this good at something like this. Incredible work.

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u/SweeneyisMad 17h ago

this is amazing

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u/DryDonutHole 17h ago

Skeleton on the horse was rad. I can see a Grateful Dead person needing this in their life.

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u/LevelPerception4 17h ago

I can’t help thinking this would look so beautiful with a little Unicorn Spit.

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u/sterlingemc 16h ago

That would be a nightmare to clean

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u/Bunt4s4urus_R3X 16h ago

Next fucking level!

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u/BioFrosted 16h ago

I was just watching and my banker sent me don't even think about it

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u/TheMorninGlory 16h ago

waow that's so cool!! I want one!!!

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u/queuedUp 16h ago

Why did they focus so much on the last one?? That was probably the least impressive (not to say it was not impressive).

There should have been way more time spent on the second one and you only got to see the bottom as they moved on to the next

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u/MiserableCumberbunch 16h ago

Hello. Yes, I would like one almost unusable table please. I'd like to have no room to place things, and I'd like fragile bits sticking out so my children can break them off when they're rowdy. $5000?! What a steal!

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u/OdinsCuriousRaven 16h ago

I loved what I was able to see from that kraken table.

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u/EvilSporkOfDeath 16h ago

Beautiful but I'd never want one. I want my tables to function as tables.

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u/evasandor 16h ago

this is called a “sculpture”

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u/Duc750Sie 16h ago

Wow, that’s some amazing work!

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u/Frog_Farts 16h ago

Not enough flat surface for my bong and beer. Beautiful work.

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u/roastedTriscuit69 16h ago

Where is Han??

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u/Mykcul 15h ago

Feel like my coffee would fall over

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u/MuddyGround804 15h ago

Incredible artistry

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u/espexporerguy 15h ago

Wow! 👏👏👏

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u/Opening-Ease9598 15h ago

Looks cool how the artist also follows the natural wood grain in some places, helps add to the depth of the carving.

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u/dascharak 15h ago

What music is this?

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u/Youpunyhumans 15h ago

Now do Ace Ventura getting out of the robotic Rhino

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u/-Casey-Diaz- 15h ago

Who are the customers for things like this? I mean, they're usually so expensive you have to be a billionaire to afford it, but billionaires don't buy cool things like this. I've sometimes checked out what stuff like this costs, because I want it, but it's often like €200k or something like that.

Idk what level of wealth you are at where you have this kind of money, but still have enough of your soul left that you don't just waste the money on the most sterile nightmare interior for your house.

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u/Courwes 15h ago

Still looks like wood to me

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u/VonSkullenheim 14h ago

Feel like this is a bad taste great execution thing. Like it's incredible, but it's a bad table now.

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u/TM761152 14h ago

I don't see fluid but I see a cocodrillo

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u/scalyblue 14h ago

Beautiful pieces if I had that I would immediately trip and stab myself in the eye with a tentacle

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u/Murky_Management_578 14h ago

For a table like this, I wouldn't shoot someone over not using a coaster.

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u/BigBagBootyPapa 14h ago

Something you’d see on r/begginnerwoodworking

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u/icansmellcolors 14h ago

A D&D table with a Kraken in the middle coming up out of the wood like this would be absolutely insane.

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u/NormieSpecialist 14h ago

Okay I fucking died at the Kraken and Noah’s Ark. I ned to see a story adaptation of that now.

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u/509BandwidthLimit 14h ago

Jaws version plz

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u/BroomDirector99 14h ago

That music is about 5000 times too dramatic for a fucking table.

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u/DooDooBrownz 13h ago

put one of these in your house if you want everyone to know "i like to waste money on stupid shit, also i have no taste, please sit on my golden toilet"

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u/Severe_Rise8694 13h ago

Yeah, sure, but How'd they get the crocodile into the wood though..?

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u/JasonZep 13h ago

They look cool but kind of useless as tables.

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u/Mysterious_Law_7269 13h ago

That is beautiful piece of art. That person ahs mad skills

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u/CharlotteLucasOP 13h ago

Always crocs and Cthulhu, never a mermaid and her singing crab…🧜🏻‍♀️

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u/sxnmc 13h ago

> "hey i want you to look at this cool art piece"

> "yeah but is it art or is it skillslop?"

> he doesn't understand

> explain the difference between art and skillslop

> he laughs and says "it's a cool art piece man"

> it's skillslop

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u/Big_Donkey3496 13h ago

Wow! Just Wow!

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u/ZombeeSwarm 12h ago

So what part of this is made from carving into the table top and what part is like carved then stuck onto the table top? Like I can tell its a mix but cant tell where the line is. Epically with the first one.

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u/Ok_Mulberry_8272 12h ago

That is sick!

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u/jthei 12h ago

These are gonna look great in a Jacksonville rest stop one day. I mean that only semi-ironically.

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u/4efo_doggie 12h ago

damn human art is beautiful

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u/No_Term_1731 12h ago

Who has this much time on their hands!? Tell me your secret! Please! LOL! 😂

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u/PositiveStress8888 12h ago

if those are in the law office thats going to represent me, I'm sold

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u/FucklberryFinn 12h ago

This is actual skill and talent. 

Those epoxy tables were such a fad and a joke. 

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u/100percent_right_now 12h ago

"babe relax it's just a log"

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u/krasotun 11h ago

omg, that's really cool. super skills

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u/SquireSquilliam 11h ago

That Kraken table is amazing. The others are pretty cool also.

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u/Kirjava 11h ago

This is really really cool. 10/10 from me. Doesn't look like liquid. 

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u/Outlandish_Gringo 11h ago

Incredible! 🤯

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u/Paradoxbox00 11h ago

Today I learned that the ridge notches on crocodiles backs are called ‘scoots’!

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u/Mountain_Frosting369 11h ago

Stunningly gorgeous!!

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u/mrgonuts 11h ago

But how am I going to put my soup bowl flat on this table

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u/PreviousLeague253 10h ago

Obviously hasn’t sold any…

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u/TERAFLOPPER 10h ago

This is stunning work and probably costs more than my car.

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u/Gillalmighty 10h ago

Wow. You really just didn't even look at the kraken base at all did you. So dumb.

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u/Western_Job3380 10h ago

Okay I’ve seen enough. Who do I write the check to?

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u/pc_gamerguy 10h ago

The person who made this is a master of his craft

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u/true80 10h ago

Handling solo carbonite

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u/W61k3r 9h ago

unreal, dope work

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u/Thesmellofstupid 9h ago

I went to college with this artist, he could draw, sculpt, design, paint, throw pots, and executed every artistic discipline with mastery, without ego, and as I remember all of our interactions, he was a good man and mentor.

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u/TeamMeunierYT 9h ago

THAT is fuckin' cool.

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u/Ironbeard3 9h ago

It would be badass if the first table had a button you could press to make the alligators jaw open. Would be so funny to show someone the table, have them go to touch it, and then press the button.

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u/InsufficientCase 9h ago

God... This is why I hate going to art exhibition. So compelled to touch and explore every single nook and cranny. They'll blacklist me in no time.

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u/RaiHanashi 9h ago

I was waiting for it to jump out to catch us off guard

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u/theleetard 8h ago

Float it down a river.....please

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u/Minimum_Run_890 8h ago

Nice CNC work