Quick follow up, on a prior post about antique doors and antique door furniture. Was pokin around on Flickr again and noticed just how many great photos of old doors there ( along with a few good ideas on how to use them, including for sculpture).
Architectural Items
Architectural Elements, salvaged items
Guide to old Chinese antique doors and Chinese old door panels, from collection to restoration.
I was in the warehouse just a few days ago, looking over a batch of antique door panels which just came in and it really reminded me just how cool some of these pieces are, especially the iron hardware, the various textures, and the overall character and charm of these bits of history. In the […]
Trend Guide: Rustic furniture made from reclaimed elm and other salvaged woods
Reclaimed & salvaged materials are environmentally friendly in that there are no new trees cut down to make the piece. Sources of wood may be old railroad ties, beams from old houses that have been demolished or even old doors. Old elm tends to be a favorite as Elm in fairly common in China.
Comparing apples to oranges – more on how to determine quality in Chinese antique furniture
A quality based comparison of the different restoration styles used when repairing Chinese antique furniture.
A true work of art: The making of a Chinese lacquered screens, sometimes called Coromandel screens, lacquered room dividers or Chinoiserie screens.
A step by step look at a local artisan’s process of hand painting a Chinese Coromandel lacquer screen from preparing the materials to painting the detailed scene.
CNC Woodcarving Machines: Hand carved vs. machines
Last week we went to an exhibition of new classic Chinese furniture. There were not only factories of furniture, but also those selling frightening robot-like CNC machines… It made me wonder if hand made is even in threat of becoming less-abundant even here, even in this workmanship, even in art …