The finished result! I’m so ridiculously proud and pleased with how it turned out!
This was an ordinary door + 3 pieces of mdf board. I carved and sculpted them with my dremel multitool, inspired by the carvings I saw in Bali, mounted them and then painted and sanded the whole thing in several layers before adding a final tint of gold. 💙
The door and side panel I sculpted myself. The top carving is from Bali.
This popped up on my activity page, getting notes again for some reason! :D
Damn, I miss doing things like this… I really should try to get around to setting up a proper workshop in the garage this spring, and see if I can get back into the groove.
WOW!!!!!
You are clearly an extremely focused and PATIENT person. Even considering tackling something like this would give me a nervous breakdown requiring hospitalization.
I second the nervous breakdown…nope…you are amazing!
Thank you!
But also, it’s actually not that time consuming? Each of these panels took only a few hours to sketch and carve, I made one/day. And then mounting everything and doing the first layer of paint one day, sanding and second layer another day, and more sanding and final highlights and gold the third day.
I am in fact a very impatient person! If it hadn’t been fast, I could never have done it. 😂
Here’s another door I made; I cut out and carved the whole panel in… one day? Two? It was pretty fast at any rate!
And then I got as far as painting and sanding/distressing the paint in three layers, and adding highlights to 75% of it… and then I got adhd-tired of it and never finished the last few highlights or added gold. XD
It’s still pretty, though!
I realized I never actually shared the finished-finished result, with the door handles mounted!
I bought these two beautiful bronze-green seahorse handles on Bali several years ago (along with several bronze dragonflies of various kinds used as towel hooks and general decorations in the bathroom itself).
We bought a bronze patina lock from a local hardware store to match, and I covered the remaining hole with another lotus carving.
It’s been years, but seeing this door every time I head to take a bath or shower still makes me smile. I love it so much. 🥰
Would you ever consider making a tutorial? This is amazing!
Thank you! I actually have made one! You can find it here. 💚
It only covers the woodcarving and a simple fake stain paint, not the layered paint and distressing technique + gold I used on this door, but it shows how I work with my dremel. :)
