Aug 26, 2010: Wood Sculpture

xoxoxoBruce · 08-25-2010, 11:09 PM

Randall Rosenthal sculptures wood.
It's not whittling, it's a little like carving, but like nothing you've seen before.

This is made from one piece of wood... even the rubber bans, and the box.

The price is $25,000, which isn't too bad considering what it takes to produce.

Look at how it's done...

Even if I had the patience to carve it, I couldn't do the painting.

His website with a lot more pictures.

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SPUCK · 08-26-2010, 05:17 AM

Lets see.

Take a picture.
Pass the resulting jpeg to the CAM software.
Send the resulting G-Code to the router.
Put wood on the router table.
Press Start.
Go have a sandwich.

I do think it's cool. Much better than dead babies.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-26-2010, 06:52 AM

That might work for getting a roughed out blank, but you'll still have weeks of carving ahead. Especially with wood, where things like those notebook rings tend to snap off.

glatt · 08-26-2010, 07:15 AM

Yeah, the router will get you to picture one. Pictures 2, 3 and 4 require hand carving. Routers can't do thing like carve the ends of the scallions. They can't get underneath.

This guy is very talented.

ToastyOhs · 08-26-2010, 08:45 AM

Imaging technology, CAM Software, computer driven routers... Defeated by scallions!

classicman · 08-26-2010, 09:09 AM

Well right on his site it clearly says:

Quote:

All Work Hand Carved From One Block Of Wood And Hand Painted

Fantastic work.

squirell nutkin · 08-26-2010, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToastyOhs

Imaging technology, CAM Software, computer driven routers... Defeated by scallions!

"Who are your gods now?"

Shawnee123 · 08-26-2010, 09:36 AM

glatt · 08-26-2010, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

Well right on his site it clearly says:

Quote:

All Work Hand Carved From One Block Of Wood And Hand Painted

Fantastic work.

I saw that too, but to get to the first picture, he clearly used a router, and probably used a band saw. The rest was by hand, but he used power tools too. Nothing wrong with that.

spudcon · 08-26-2010, 09:52 AM

Thanx Shawnee. Your onions video made my morning. It is sooo deep and meaningful.

jinx · 08-26-2010, 10:02 AM

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The price is $25,000, which isn't too bad considering what it takes to produce.

But it looks like clutter. Who spends thousands on clutter sculptures? I thinks he needs to come up with some better ideas...

Shawnee123 · 08-26-2010, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

Thanx Shawnee. Your onions video made my morning. It is sooo deep and meaningful.

I remembered it from me and my brother's old Loony Tunes album, then found this info about it (anyone else have it?):

Q: Was Looney Tunes the name of the artist or the album? There was an album called "Looney Tunes" by the artist Telex released in 1988...In the 1970's "K-Tel" released an album called "Looney Tunes" as well. Do you know what the cover looked like or have any more information?

A:
1. Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away
2. The Coasters - Along Came Jones
3. Alan Sherman - Hello Mudduh Hello Faddah
4. The Rivingtons - Birds The Word
5. Ed Byrnes - Kookie Lend Me Your Comb
6. David Seville - Witch Doctor
7. Buzz Clifford - Baby Sittin Boogie
8. Nervous Norvus - Transfusion
9. Joe Perkins - Little Effin Annie
10. Lonnie Donegan - My Old Mans A Dustman
11. Charlie Drake - My Boomerang Won't Come Back
12. Ray Stevens - The Streak
13. Harv Norman - Rubber Duckie
14. Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Thru The Tulips
15. The Coasters - Charlie Brown
16. Nervous Norvus - Ape Call
17. The Hustlers - Shaving Cream
18. The Rivingtons - Papa Oom Mow Mow
19. Jumpin Gene Simmons - Haunted House
20. Sam the Sham And the Pharoahs - Little Red Riding Hood
21. Zacherle - Dinner With Drac
22. Susan Christie - I Love Onions
23. Ernie K. Doe - Mother In Law
24. The Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song

classicman · 08-26-2010, 10:25 AM

OH heck Jinx, People with $25k to blow on that will build a place to put it.

Happy Monkey · 08-26-2010, 11:36 AM

You put it in the path of an obsessive clutter-remover, and wait.

glatt · 08-26-2010, 11:40 AM

kind of like one of those nickels welded to a nail that you are supposed to pound into the floor.

08-25-2010, 11:09 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Aug 26, 2010: Wood Sculpture Randall Rosenthal sculptures wood. It's not whittling, it's a little like carving, but like nothing you've seen before. This is made from one piece of wood... even the rubber bans, and the box. The price is $25,000, which isn't too bad considering what it takes to produce. Look at how it's done... Even if I had the patience to carve it, I couldn't do the painting. His website with a lot more pictures. via __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-26-2010, 06:52 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That might work for getting a roughed out blank, but you'll still have weeks of carving ahead. Especially with wood, where things like those notebook rings tend to snap off. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-26-2010, 09:36 AM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	__________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-26-2010, 09:52 AM	#10
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Thanx Shawnee. Your onions video made my morning. It is sooo deep and meaningful. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

08-26-2010, 10:25 AM	#13
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	OH heck Jinx, People with $25k to blow on that will build a place to put it. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-26-2010, 05:17 AM	#2
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Lets see. Take a picture. Pass the resulting jpeg to the CAM software. Send the resulting G-Code to the router. Put wood on the router table. Press Start. Go have a sandwich. I do think it's cool. Much better than dead babies.

08-26-2010, 07:15 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yeah, the router will get you to picture one. Pictures 2, 3 and 4 require hand carving. Routers can't do thing like carve the ends of the scallions. They can't get underneath. This guy is very talented.

08-26-2010, 08:45 AM	#5
ToastyOhs Discontinued Breakfast Food Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Coastal Maine, USA Posts: 58	Imaging technology, CAM Software, computer driven routers... Defeated by scallions!

08-26-2010, 11:36 AM	#14
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	You put it in the path of an obsessive clutter-remover, and wait. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

08-26-2010, 11:40 AM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	kind of like one of those nickels welded to a nail that you are supposed to pound into the floor.

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