Texas woman carves 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' sculpture with a chainsaw

Griffon Ramsey, an Austin sculpture artist, created a wooden statue of the "Guardians of the Galaxy" character Groot — with a chainsaw. Griffon Ramsey, an Austin sculpture artist, created a wooden statue of the "Guardians of the Galaxy" character Groot — with a chainsaw. Photo: Fechter, Joshua I, Courtesy Of Griffon Ramsey Photo: Fechter, Joshua I, Courtesy Of Griffon Ramsey Image 1 of / 44 Caption Close Texas woman carves 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' sculpture with a chainsaw 1 / 44 Back to Gallery

A Texas sculptor took a chainsaw to a newly beloved Marvel Comics character — and the results are glorious.

Griffon Ramsey, a sculptor based in Austin, decided to create a statue of Groot —a talking, ambulatory tree in the 2014 movie "Guardians of the Galaxy" — after Twitter followers insisted she make the character her next project.

"Groot was just fun and he's kind of a badass, but in a super sweet way," Ramsey said.

The sculpture — made of eastern red cedar — took more than two days to create and stands at roughly 3-foot-6.

It's going for $875 on Ramsey's website.

"Guardians of the Galaxy," released Aug. 1, rocketed to a $323.8 million domestic gross, according to Box Office Mojo.

A YouTube video of Ramsey, made in collaboration with a videographer and editor, showing her creating the statue has amassed more than 115,000 views since it published on Monday. Ramsey said she's "really impressed with just how popular the video became."

"It's awesome to think that people all over the world could be seeing it," Ramsey said.

Scroll through the slideshow to see how Ramsey created the statue.

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