custom exteror doors - made from local hardwood trees
These custom orders, particularly totally new designs, particularly with approaching (or past approaching) deadlines, keep things more than exciting around here. These doors are on the more modern, minimal design than much of my work.
- 1 3/4" solid walnut stiles and rails
- stiles and rails attached with mortise and tenon joinery
- 1" solid narrow "floating" panels of sassafras, maple and cherry (three panels of each)
- All four species made from local hardwood trees
This is my take (kinda backwards) on the typical door or cabinet door design, where he more typical design is with quite large floating panels with smaller rails.
The floating panels should allow for expansion and contraction from the opposing forces on each side of the exterior door environment.
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Doors - were (or were not) inspired by. . .
The aesthetic (of these two new solid walnut+ doors, either was or was not inspired by our local Frank Lloyd Wright house. Honestly, I'm not sure. Consciously, it was not. But last week, after I delivered the Phil Campbell table back to the Rosenbaum House Gift Shop (for a few more weeks on display), as i was driving off, in my peripherals, I noticed almost the same design/balance/aesthetic in the exterior wall of the home. With closer inspection, Director Libby Jordan, reminded me that the walls are a good example of Wright's Usonian construction; Cedar interior and exterior sandwiching pine.
Either way, inspired specifically by the Rosenbaum House board and batten design or not, I'm quite proud to see - even just a glimmer of similarity in "our ;)" work.
Just to be clear, if there's any confusion, he's the master. No Question. I'm honored to be the student.
