Extreme(!) Wood Carving

Recently stumbled upon this sculpture artist and found his work to be amazing. I mean, jaw-droppingly AMAZING. I need to see this in person. And it just so happens he is having a show a the Smithsonian April 23-26th!! So check out Randall Rosenthal, y'all!!

He begins with a block of wood, sketches out his idea and begins carving away everything that doesn't belong in his mental image of the finished product.

Skip ahead a bunch of steps and you start to see what he is revealing from the wood:

He even carves the corrugation for the "cardboard box!!"

And, voila:

AMAZING!!!

His amazing work will be shown at the
SMITHSONIAN CRAFT SHOW, NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM, WASHINGTON DC, APRIL 23 - APRIL 26
but for now, check out his site and incredible works here!