bruce...thats only a third of it. the actual railing is 24 feet long and follows a nine foot radius to form a half circle.it fits exactly between two walls. it took 6 months to carve and two weeks to install......its made from 3 solid glued up blocks of wood. one trick to what i do is everything is random.....so i can rough out fast and loose and make it up as i go along. only the last few steps are brain surgery.

Holy shit, I'd love to see that. But I never get invited to houses that have that stuff... afraid I'll gnaw on it I guess. :lol:

Awesomeness.

Wow..

I love your path to now.

Is this how you make your living?

Wow!

my last reply didnt quite make it onto this thread but i'll give it another go.....yes, this is what i do for a living....not getting rich but no complaints. i'm much more interested in doing what i want with my life.

I think that's a goal most people dream of, but few achieve, so plenty of people envy you that. :notworthy

put me on that list Bruce... Awesome Randall.

That is just brilliant Randall, thank you for posting!

Yes indeedy, this is the sort of thing that makes me want to make loads of money and commission a railing like that. It would be almost an honor to use it every day sir, what good work by you!

thanks !!......without people with the means to acquire what i do.....i would do a lot less of it. here is the first book carving....its the bookrest. a game changer for me. more fun less money. no regrets.
http://cellar.org/2010/amboweb.jpg

The wealthy have always been patrons, the trick today is finding wealth and taste together. There are a lot of rich people with shit taste. :haha:

Is that book what got you started on the things we saw in my original post?

yes. the lectern is carved from one (glued up) block but the bible rest was separate. it really turned me on, crude as it was. it took a few years to really get it going with the book and then anything paper idea. no shortage of subject matter.

I can imagine the technique of getting the pages to look like leaves of paper, rather than a block with grooved edges, took a lot of trial and error.


btw, I uploaded that picture to our site, because the people that see IOtD in blog view can't always see linked photos.

Randall; How long does something like the Box'O'Money take you to do? And, do you find you sort of burn out on a project and set it down to work on another for a while, or do you just plow thru to completion?

BTW Thanks for taking the time to answer our questions - it's a delight.