Randall Rosenthal Wood Carvings Are Amazing Works Of Deception

Imagine stumbling across the cardboard box full of back issues seen above and freaking right out at the sight of a crisp Action Comics #1 resting on top of a stack of other Golden Age books, only to pick it up and find out that it's not a stack of back issues at all. It is not, in fact, a stack of anything -- it's a painted carving made from a single piece of wood by architect and sculptor Randall Rosenthal.

With only a single piece of pine and an application of acryllic paint, Rosenthal creates these pieces, with a focus on amazingly realistic paper like comics, newspapers, and mind-boggling stacks of cash money. Check 'em out below!

Wood carvings by Randall Rosenthal

Wood carvings by Randall Rosenthal

Wood carvings by Randall Rosenthal

Wood carvings by Randall Rosenthal

Wood carvings by Randall Rosenthal

Wood carvings by Randall Rosenthal

Wood carvings by Randall Rosenthal

Wood carvings by Randall Rosenthal

[via Colossal]