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Does Money Grow on Trees? This Will Seriously Blow You Away
http://joeforamerica.com ^ | january 16, 2014 | joe wurzelbacher

Posted on 01/16/2014 6:17:28 PM PST by lowbridge

A skill like woodworking takes years and thousands of hours to become more than just a proficient at, but this man invested that time to be a certifiable master. His name is Randall Rosenthal and he has talent that can result in mind-bending illusions. The project in the gallery below all started with three pieces of white pine he glued together. What he turned that block of wood into is so cool.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: hobby; woodcarving

1 posted on 01/16/2014 6:17:28 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

WoW...............


2 posted on 01/16/2014 6:25:46 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: lowbridge
Absolutely incredible.

Now let's see what Sotheby's and Christie's can sell it for.

Don't laugh.

George Zimmerman's rather good painting sold on eBay for $100K+.

3 posted on 01/16/2014 6:29:21 PM PST by RoosterRedux (The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
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To: lowbridge
BTW, the best estimate of the value of anything is what someone is willing to pay you for it (in an arm's length transaction).
4 posted on 01/16/2014 6:31:32 PM PST by RoosterRedux (The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
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To: lowbridge

A big smile of amazement is on my face. Thanks for posting.


5 posted on 01/16/2014 6:32:45 PM PST by iontheball
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To: lowbridge

Bookmark.


6 posted on 01/16/2014 6:34:41 PM PST by OldPossum ("It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is"; think about ITS implications.)
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To: lowbridge

Awesome. It’s called “Old Money”, but I see some new stuff in there!


7 posted on 01/16/2014 6:42:49 PM PST by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: lowbridge

Brilliant! What a talent.


8 posted on 01/16/2014 7:04:40 PM PST by boop (Liberal religion. No rules, just right!)
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To: lowbridge
Bump4later

FMCDH(BITS)

9 posted on 01/16/2014 7:06:21 PM PST by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: lowbridge

Do you remember a few months ago the thread about the guys who were pouring molten metal inside a fire ant colony, then digging it up, washing away the soil,,a n d sellign the “sculpture” for thousands..


10 posted on 01/16/2014 7:11:13 PM PST by ken5050 (This space available cheap...)
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To: lowbridge

bttt


11 posted on 01/16/2014 7:24:59 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: lowbridge

A sculptor once said “Whatever I’m carving is in the block of stone. I just have to find it.”


12 posted on 01/16/2014 7:28:09 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: VerySadAmerican
"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." - Michelangelo

"Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it." - Michelangelo


13 posted on 01/16/2014 8:02:32 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: VerySadAmerican
A sculptor once said “Whatever I’m carving is in the block of stone. I just have to find it.”

That sculptor was none other than Michael Angelo, and I believe he said he was just releasing it.
14 posted on 01/16/2014 8:25:10 PM PST by OneVike (I'm just a Christian waiting to go home)
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To: lowbridge

Sorry, did he make a cardboard box with money from a pile of wood, or did he get a cardboard box and put some money in it and take some pictures. lost the part where he did the rubber bands on the money.


15 posted on 01/16/2014 8:54:18 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: lowbridge

Another piece of art from a single piece of wood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNsaLrL9n6Q


16 posted on 01/16/2014 9:24:57 PM PST by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
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To: lowbridge

Looks like maybe enough for a dinner out for two, in 10 years.


17 posted on 01/17/2014 4:44:31 AM PST by grobdriver
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