10 TONS / Models and paleontological reconstructions

10 TONS / Models and paleontological reconstructions 10 TONS are making zoologic models and paleontological reconstructions to clients around the world. We have build full size whales and dinosaurs.

10TONS are making zoological- and botanical models as well as paleontologic reconstructions. We have build micro organisms tall as a house. We have made small scientific models of plankton and prehistoric creatures - supervised by leading scientists. No matter what size or shape we make, we make it in first class quality.

10 Tons has a broad variety of moulds. So we have fishes, plankton and preh

istoric creatures in stock and we are still expanding the "library". But no matter if we have the creature in stock or have to start from scratch, we are happy to give a quotation on everything from micro organisms to whales

🥚 THE EGGWe get a lot of unusual requests.One of the more eccentric ones came from New York artist Tony Matelli:“Hi Esbe...
08/04/2026

🥚 THE EGG
We get a lot of unusual requests.
One of the more eccentric ones came from New York artist Tony Matelli:

“Hi Esben,

I hope all is well! I have an idea that I thought would be perfect for you guys to help me with. I´d like to make a series of sculptures where white and yolk of an egg seem to float outside of its shell. Simple and straightforward.”
Simple and straightforward… well.

We started cracking eggs into water, studying the strange, beautiful choreography of whites and yolks.
Thin vs thick white. Subtle shifts in transparency. The chalaza. The exact tone and glow of the yolk.

Hours of looking. Debating. Disagreeing.

Then came the process:
3D scans. Digital modelling. Prints. Moulds. Casts. Colour tests.

And finally — assembly.
(Which was supposed to be the easy part.)

It wasn’t.

Despite all the digital precision, reality pushed back.
Shrinkage. Warping. Temperature. Nothing quite fit.

No matter what we did, there was always a visible seam.
We heated it. Forced it. Glued it. Failed.

We were about to call Tony and admit defeat…
when it clicked:

Flip the thinking.

Instead of forcing the form, we let the material work with us.
A flexible shell. Heat. Controlled deformation.

And suddenly — it worked.
Photo by Tony Matelli & 10 Tons

Back in 2013, we created this 3.5-meter-tall Ingrid Marie apple for the Odense City Museum 🍎 — and this February we revi...
26/03/2026

Back in 2013, we created this 3.5-meter-tall Ingrid Marie apple for the Odense City Museum 🍎 — and this February we revisited the model…

More than ten years later — and it still looks brand new.

When we recently visited the Norwegian Fisheries Museum in Bergen, we stopped by to see an old friend.Back in 2015, we c...
22/03/2026

When we recently visited the Norwegian Fisheries Museum in Bergen, we stopped by to see an old friend.
Back in 2015, we created this 2-meter-wide giant crab for the Norwegian Fisheries Museum 🦀
Still on display today — looking even better over the years, aging with style ✨


Phot by 10 Tons

Jaekelopterus creation for the Peabody Yale Museum 🦂This impressive Early Devonian predator once ruled ancient waters ov...
20/03/2026

Jaekelopterus creation for the Peabody Yale Museum 🦂
This impressive Early Devonian predator once ruled ancient waters over 400 million years ago. Now brought back to life as a detailed model for the Peabody Museum at Yale.


Size: 68.4 cm
3D work: Dmytro Teslenko
Photo by Rasmus Sigvaldi .sigvaldi

Cockroach in the making 🪳�Created for SUPERFLEX�Shown at von Bartha’s stand at Art Basel 2025
19/03/2026

Cockroach in the making 🪳�
Created for SUPERFLEX�Shown at von Bartha’s stand at Art Basel 2025

17/03/2026

2-meter-tall vase, design concept by Moon-International for Royal Copenhagen. created by 10 Tons 💫.

Royal Copenhagen

We’re signing off for the holidays with a little behind-the-scenes treat: photos of a Heimenia model we created for the ...
19/12/2025

We’re signing off for the holidays with a little behind-the-scenes treat: photos of a Heimenia model we created for the National Museum of Natural History Luxembourg.

Z-Brush: Stacey Wiik
Airbrush: Esben Horn).
Photo by Rasmus Sigvaldi .sigvaldi

The work is part of her ongoing ‘The Bench’ series of outdoor sculptures.“The Bench 3”�2025�Teak bench, epoxy, aerosil, ...
21/11/2025

The work is part of her ongoing ‘The Bench’ series of outdoor sculptures.
“The Bench 3”�
2025�

Teak bench, epoxy, aerosil, pigment, flock fibres, foam rubber, acrylic paint, automotive paint.

Thank you for trusting us with bringing this piece to life.

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We are proud to have produced “The Bench 2” in collaboration with Marie Munk. The work is part of her ongoing ‘The Bench...
20/11/2025

We are proud to have produced “The Bench 2” in collaboration with Marie Munk.

The work is part of her ongoing ‘The Bench’ series of outdoor sculptures.
“The Bench 2”�
2025�

Teak bench, epoxy, aerosil, pigment, flock fibres, foam rubber, acrylic paint, automotive paint.

Thank you for trusting us with bringing this piece to life.

Photos by

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Birmingham 🇬🇧Majbrit and Abdi are behind the booth, presenting Rock F...
12/11/2025

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Birmingham 🇬🇧
Majbrit and Abdi are behind the booth, presenting Rock Fossils 2.0 and Time Travellers’ Guide to Gastronomy.
Could there be a better place than the hometown of Black Sabbath?
Rock on. 🤘

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Trilobite on a plate 🦞The trilobite is almost as iconic as T. rex, so of course it deserves a place on the plate. This d...
11/11/2025

Trilobite on a plate 🦞
The trilobite is almost as iconic as T. rex, so of course it deserves a place on the plate. This dish speaks for itself. Blue lobster pales next to this beautiful animal — a dead-end in evolution whose flavour would have been lost forever without our time machine.
And its roe rivals albino beluga caviar. This dish needs little garnish — its flavour nuances are so delicate that even the most seasoned Michelin travellers might shed a tear and reach for an extra napkin to handle the flood of saliva.

A poised serving of poached trilobite in a clear, mineral-bright broth infused with Margaretia dorus kelp, accompanied by whole Pikaia specimens. A distilled taste of Earth’s first seas, presented with quiet elegance.

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