Raymond kinman biography

San Pedro, California, summer When I was 9 years old I was a very devoted catholic.!

I had a profound Near Death Experience in when I was 9 years old.

When he was just 9 years old he suffered an accidental fatal blow to the head which resulted in a profound Near Death Experience.

San Pedro, California, summer When I was 9 years old I was a very devoted catholic.

Many years as a woodcarver/sculptor for Disneyland, Raymond creates beautiful family heirlooms and custom commissions for collectors.

NDE Radio: Ray Kinman Raymond Kinman is a woodcarver, musician and artist who had a near death experience when he was nine.

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.

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 bravado.

At 21 years old, Kinman accidentally volunteered to hand-carve a sign for his friend's restaurant in the Lake Tahoe town of Kings Beach, California, though he'd never picked up a chisel in his life.

That sign was the start of a decades-long career he has spent carving one-off designs for rides and restaurants in the Disney parks, and more recently, crafting personalized Disney memorabilia for private collectors.

In an era when mac