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you cant see it but mr vic roy is the "treasurer of the United States".

Crazy its one piece of wood. Its sick.

Stunning

really cool. So how much would one expect to pay for a box of money?

Randy....that's simply amazing.

really cool!!! !

I have a friend who carves ducks....by hand...by watching him I can only imagine how time consuming your art is.......


hb

harry.... i started on january 15th and worked every day since.

kevin....bout as much as it looks like is in there.

How is your hand doing these days.

I bet that carving is actually good therapy for rebuilding strength.

hb

Randle

Again Unbelievable. That is just amazing.

Truly amaizing art work. One can't drink a lot of coffee doing that kind of work.

Dick

harry...thanks for asking. its surely not the same. my thumb dosent bend in the middle and i have about 50-60 % of my former mobility. added to that....before the accident i had the steadiest hand in the world...now not so much. i have had to figure out different (and more time consuming) ways to get to roughly the same place. its way more about whats in your head and your heart than whats in your hand.

skip..2 cups every morning.
heres a different view.

Amazing!! Do you have to make a lot of your own carving tools or do you use what is commercially available?

i do 3/4 of the work with this one tool. where i make my own tools is gluing sandpaper to odd shapes i carve to reach unreachable places. occasionally ill bend and sharpen a piece of steel for the same reason. i get in a tizzy in the beginning because i can see it in my head and want to make it appear. i dont know i nicked myself till i notice the blood

Like every one else, I am in awe at what an artist can envision & then bring to fruition. Here is a link to where Randall is documenting the process.
Al

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread. ... money-quot

Incredible...

al...just dont tell the guys on that site they can come here and see the finished product.....i'm having fun with the transition.

Randall,

As always, amazing stuff. Do you do commission work only?

Once again, my friend, magnificent but what is this recent obsession with boxes of $$$?

Back in the 60's, I was an art director at BBDO, one of the largest Advertising agencies. I did a Springtime ad for the Ladies Home Journal that ran on the back page of the first section of the NY Times. The illustration was a hand holding a gardener's spade with a mound of dirt on it from which were three sprouting pseudo plant shoots that were made of rolled up one dollar bills. The day after the ad ran, two guys in blue suits and white shirts got off the elevator and asked the receptionist for me. Since I expected no one, I asked the receptionist where they were from. They were US Treasury agents, and did I get a dressing down for daring to use US currency in an ad. They assured me they had my name and If I ever did anything like that again, I would be in BIG trouble. Times sure have changed. Back then we'd have to visit Randall in jail and they would have confiscated his beautiful work...as they did mine.

dougl33 wrote:Randall,

As always, amazing stuff. Do you do commission work only?

no ...this piece is for a show in NY...i have a gallery in NY, miami and santa fe. the gallery in santa fe (jane sauer) does three art fairs a year....the next one is SOFA NY....in april. this will be there. i just got a commission from a major NY art dealer to ..........oy.....do another one. be very careful what you wish for.

that said i do commissions on my own as long as i didnt meet the client because of one of the galleries.

Randall, that's amazing stuff as usual. But how 'bout making me treasurer of China or somewhere else that has real money?

yo Fren'

UV

i thought about doing a box with chinese money , or bahamian....very pretty!!

dosen't have the same emotional grab however. theres a lot of WTF in a box of greenbacks.

Randall, you work is amazing every time I see your work I am amazed. Simple AWSOME

i dont care if it takes 2 boxes of money i am gonna get one of those one day. may be broke after but i will always have a box of cash!

mikey.....its about the challenge.....and the gasp appeal

matt...its not all two months mega projects....

Randall,
My tiny little mind gasped at the envelope Guido gave you.

very cool, rr.

Ive seen it before I know what I'm looking at ...but then my mind says...
no it's bills .. no it's wood... no it's bills....

Randall.. unreal.. just unreal....I especially like the see through on the envelope.... that's some talent...

Ray

The envelope is real or is it carved?

Brewster I think it's carved but with Randall I can never really tell..

thanks andre....

ray, brewster:

That is amazing work ... I need you to make me one perfect $50 on a printers plate:-)

Very cool ... incredible imagination.

That is crazy.

the painting is much harder than the carving.

Randall,

I am at a loss for words....

Garry

I sent this link to my wife, i told her to go get a bunch of money out of the bank to buy some art work... she txted me back and said what art, and why do you need money there is a box of it in that link you sent. :)
truely beautiful