Pokey Creations Door - #6

 This is a fun door to do.  My friend Mary creates custom greeting cards under the name "Pokey Creations" so I made up this little store front door and display stand for the fairy sized outlet.  The shipping crate contained a gift from the fairies.  A hand carved rubber stamp with the Pokey Creations logo on it.

 The logo and lettering is all reverse painted on the back of the door "glass".  Hardware is copper.

 Even has a small copper bell to let them know when they get a customer.

Little closer view of the overall door.  There is even a rack inside to display the fairy sized greeting cards.

Here is a close up shot of the shipping crate and stamp.

Christmas Door - #7

I built this door as a Christmas present for my friend Mary.  Balsa wood construction with copper hardware including the house numbers.

1850s Door - #8

This is the first stained door that I built.  It is a scale replica of the 150 year old doors in my friends Glenn and Jeannie's old farm house, including the door knob and hinges.

With the stained doors you have to cut and dry fit all the pieces first, then stain them, and them assemble the door.  The CA glue (super glue) that  use soaks through the balsa wood easily and then the stain doesn't take to the wood uniformly.  The glue effectively seals the wood.

I know I have some more detailed pictures of this one on the computer somewhere.

Mushroom Doors - #33 & 34

 This is a pair of doors that I did on commision for the 4 and 1-1/2 year old daughters of a friend of the family in Minnesota.  Their mom wanted colorful, whimsical doors that matched the girls' rooms and personalities.  From her comments, I think I nailed it.  Looking forward to hearing about the girls reactions.

Both doors are built from balsa and hand painted.  The hardware is all copper.  The polka dot mushrooms are carved from modeling foam and hand painted.  The stained glass windows are clear plastic with "Sharpie" lead work and colors.

 Jill and I built the lights from some of her jewelry making baubles and bits.

 These doors even have glow-in-the-dark fairy dust buried in the clear coat.  You can see the swirls of it in this and the previous picture.

A shot from below showing the details carved into the bottoms of the mushrooms.  I will post some pics after the fairies get the doors installed in their new homes.

Therapy Door - #32

 This is simple little door that I built for Jill to use in a therapy session with one of her younger clients.  The client had all kinds of markers and paint and baubles and stickers to decorate the door as she saw fit....thus the basic white "canvas" to start with.

 Interesting thing about this door is I laid out the design in Adobe Illustrator and the then cut the pieces from hardboard (a bit more robust for little hands than balsa wood) on the laser cutters at TechShop-Detroit.

I will post some pictures of the decorated door when I get them.

Jill's Door (#9)

 The yellow and white door is a very special door.  It was one of my Christmas presents to Jill our first Christmas together.  The door is partially open to symbolize how our growing love at the time was opening a whole new world for me and for us together.  The door is completely open on the backside to symbolize the endless possibilities that our relationship brings for both of us.

It now has a place near the fireplace in our shared home in Dearborn.

Volksrods Garage Door and Victorian Door (#10 and #11)

 This pair of doors was really fun.  They are actually Siamesed together..sort of his and hers.  I built them for my good friend Steve Pejka who runs Volksrods.com ( website site for folks that like to "hot rod" old VWs)

Side one is the Volksrods Garage side.  Weather old garage door with all kinds of details. 

There is a bottle opener and bottle caps, an old VW hubcap, a Volksrods club plaque, broken windows (even some patched up with an old PBR case. 

There is an old industrial looking light over the door and a weathered tin sign with some bullet holes for good measure.

There is an old beat up roll-up window shade inside the door and a padlock and clasp for security.

 Side 2 is a proper Victorian looking door with wonderful detail in the half circle top and copper hardware. 

For the circular molding, I turned a block of modeling foam on my wood lathe and then cut it in half.  You will see the other off on one of the other doors that I built.