This Entry project is called
The Quail Meadows Entry
Here is a pair of old growth VG Redwood Doors
with Curly and Burl book matched Redwood panels.
They are each 36" x 80" x 1-3/4" thick
and they have etched & carved seen of Quails in a forest meadow
by Cynthia Myers

Here is the pair of completed doors .... They match up well


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This is the left door

and here's the right door

All of the panels are "book matched" to each other, on both sides of each door.


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The panels are curly Redwood on the outside panels

and the center top and bottom panels are Redwood burl

here is a close-up of the burl ....... upper


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and here is the lower burl panel

the contrasting grain patterns are a feast for the eyes, both in their texture and their patterns

a closer look


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here is a close-up of the two Redwood grains

Here is a close up of the left etched glass

and here is a close up of the light etched window


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Please notice the shading and detail in this scene

each image has detailing and texture

the detailing is amazing


The glass is Etched and Carved by Cynthia Myers

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Please look at this close-up and the details

this is done on tempered and insulated glass units

Notice the shading in the Birch bark.


Below is the provenance of the making of these beautiful doors !
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Here is the entry before the new doors

and my drawing of the door(s) layout


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Here is the drawing overlaid on the entry

here Zoey colored in the stick drawings

I've scanned the end grain to show you how dense and tight the VG Old Growth Redwood is


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Here is the rough lumber being joined and surfaced

then I lay out the sticks

the cut to size to be marked for mortising


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I use spacers so that all of the rails are equidistant

here we are gluing up the door

we clamp them on both sides for equal pressure


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We toothbrush the excess glue from the corners

then after all is cleaned we....we lay the door on the floor where it will lay for 72

another view


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Here is the door out of clamps

we machine each side

and sand some more


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both sides

here are the panel sub-states edged with Redwood

here is my grandson Sully "catching" veneers from our dimensional sander

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here we are mortising for the hinges

and here the panels are in the vacuum press, where they will stay under pressure for 2-1/2 days

here are the beautiful panels being sanded


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more panels being "rough" sanded

then after matching for the rebate, each panel is sided

we write on each panel the grit of sandpaper that we just used on that panel


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Each curly wood panel is bookmatched

here we sand the bevel on the panel

sand and sand .... doors are furniture too!


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we even hand sand the chamfer on each panels

ready to oil

here are the long panels


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here are the burl panels about to be oiled

we oil under the Redwoods

here is the first coat of oil on the curly Redwood panels


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and here is the varnish oil on the Redwood burl

such beautiful wood

amazing


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here I am signing our work

and it "smokes"

I am proud of our efforts


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and now we oil the door

4 different times with our varnish oil

letting each piece cure for 2-3 days


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and here is the finished product with the beautiful etched glass by Cythia Myers


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