This was carved for the new sanctuary for "Nativity of Our Lord" Catholic Church. This was quite a project, I created a maquette one third the size of the final piece. I had to lamenate 12 pieces of two inch stock to get the correct size for the finished sculpture. I used calipers to calibrate the maquette up to the full size. This took me two years of part time carving, I figured about 1,000 hours, to finish the piece.