A former Disney Imagineer started out carving iconic theme-park signs from wood. Now he's a craftsman making custom works of art for Disney fans that cost $50,000 and take 350 hours.

Dec 16 2022 by Business Insider

 
Kinman works on a 'Beauty and the Beast' mantel face that he estimates he spent about 350 hours on between August and November.

Raymond Kinman

Raymond Kinman got his big break in woodworking as a Disney Imagineer in the 1990s. He started making signs still on display in parks, but now he designs for collectors willing to pay. Kinman recounted his four most memorable wood sculptures and shared their inside stories.

Raymond Kinman's woodworking career launched in the late 1970s on account of...

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