“Close” - Dissected Door Series

Private Commission

Oak Door Segment Wrapped with Oak Frame

84” x 12”

This project was a series of 5 total that I completed for a client in Santa Barbara. He and his family had just purchased an old home to rebuild and got rid of pretty much everything but the original giant oak door. Coming in at around 8’ tall, 3'“ thick and around 200lbs it was a beast of a door that he estimated to be around 100 years old. He wanted to incorporate the door into the new home in a creative way so he handed it off to me and let me do my thing! We ended up with 5 projects that you can see throughout my portfolio: “Open”, “Closed”, “Cellar Door”, “Hatch”, and “Heavy”.

This project, “Close” is one of two entry way pieces. They stand guard on either side of the new door to the home. After I ripped the door vertically and took off some of the header and footer of the door I wrapped 6 of the segments with an oak frame which transformed them into the tall elegant shape they ended up as. Using beautiful coastal blues, greens, and grays, I was able to bring new life to the oak and accentuate the hand scalloped texture that ran throughout the project. I think the end result couldn’t have fit the space better and really loved the creativity and forethought from the client to save this door and keep it as part of the house!