Heyo. I'm an awkward turtle-duck, but I promise I don't bite. (personal posts tagged #ignore me) 29, Ace, and my pronouns are whatever you want them to be because I couldn't care less.
Sex? No, I’d rather [unintelligible noise that worms into your brain and festers in your thoughts, consuming your every waking hour until it is all you can think about and it’s driving you mad]
Chocolate guy has learned how to make corrugated cardboard. he is a powerful eldritch being who cannot be contained. The only reason we seem to be alive is because his interests are exclusively in the making of delicious lifelike desserts.
Very important to have friends who enjoy media you don’t personally enjoy, both because having friends with varying interests can help you understand why someone might enjoy something even if it’s not your cup of tea which can help build empathy skills and also because there’s nothing more fun then being able to explain the plots of your respective obsessions to each other and have the other respond with “what the fuck”
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. :)
