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Sculptor Alex Queral, 51, from Philadelphia, US, has hand crafted some of the world's most famous faces...
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President Obama
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Jack Nicholson
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Bob Dylan
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the artist got his idea and started chipping away when he noticed piles of unused phone books just lying around
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"It can be quite tense work sometimes because it takes a long time to finish and when you cut something away you can't get it back again"