Randall Rosenthal



The first step of the process, he said, was gluing three pieces of white pine together to make one solid block. Rosenthal, who documented the creation of the "box of money" sculpture on Sawmill Creek, a woodworkers' online forum , said he started the project in January 2011.The first step of the process, he said, was gluing three pieces of white pine together to make one solid block.

Randall Rosenthal

Randall Rosenthal

Randall Rosenthal Rosenthal explained on the forum that he spent a "few days" just focusing on carving the surface of the "box" to create the corrugated look.

Six weeks in, Rosenthal was ready to start painting.

Randall Rosenthal Rosenthal said in a post on the forum that he started to paint the "easiest one first," referring to the stacks of wooden "cash."



"Some of the buried ones are going to be a bigger challenge to paint than to carve," he wrote.

Randall Rosenthal

Randall Rosenthal

Randall Rosenthal

Randall Rosenthal

Randall Rosenthal The finished product. (Yes, it's all just wood and paint.)



Rosenthal told The Huffington Post in an email this week that the "box of money" took a total of three months to complete.