Hand Carved Wine Cellar Door: H.J. Nick Celebrates Grinling Gibbons – HCD5149

Hand Carved Wine Cellar Door: H.J. Nick Celebrates Grinling Gibbons

At ArtFactory.com our combination of the finest material and master hand craftsmanship allow us to offer the finest quality doors available anywhere at any price.

Award winning artist H.J. Nick of ArtFactory.com travels the world studying historic architecture in search of inspiration for our designs. Among the most prominent Baroque period wood carvers and sculptures in England was Grinling Gibbons. He lived in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and although was born in the Netherlands, worked on some of England's most famous castles, including Windsor Castle, Hampton Court Palace, and St. Paul's Cathedral. He also ran a wood carving school, and was known for his heavily detailed floral carvings. Old English lore even says that "His carving was so fine that it was said a pot of carved flowers above his house in London would tremble from the motion of passing coaches." One of the techniques that he was known for teaching at his school was that of carving out the underside of each grape in a cluster. A technique that is demonstrated brilliantly on this hand carved wine cellar door. This is not a reproduction door. It is an original work of fine art built from all natural materials using the same hand and craft that would have been used by Gibbons over 400-years-ago.

The detailed wood carvings are the work of one of our master wood carver. All of our carvings are done by one master's hands, never by machine, gang carved, or using any other type of fast process. Carvings by one masters hands are especially relevant in the eyes of appraisers when certifying a piece as fine art. All of our custom wooden doors are built with all natural materials, and are handmade by master craftsmen. It is our belief that using all natural materials is especially relevant when creating fine art quality doors and furnishings. We build doors with sold, full length, naturally air dried timber that is hand hewn with mortise and tenon joined construction. This type of materials and craftsmanship makes for a door that provides maximum security and durability. Our doors are never built from particle board, veneers, plywood, or faux materials. When we say wood, we mean "The Genuine Article".

This Is No Ordinary Wine Cellar Door

The detailed grapevine and clusters carvings are the work of one of our master wood carver. All of our carvings are done by one master's hands, never by machine, gang carved, or using any other type of fast process. Carvings by one masters hands are especially relevant in the eyes of appraisers when certifying a piece as fine art.

Although this design is ideal for a wine cellar entrance, like all of our custom door designs, it can be made for interior, exterior, residential of commercial use. It can also be made with a flat top, as double doors, or even with sidelights and transom windows. Our combination of the finest materials, and master hand craftsmanship allow for us to offer a quality of product that is unsurpassed anywhere else, at any price. This is not only an investment quality door, it is an appreciable asset that will add to your financial net worth. In the eyes of your family, it will become a cherished heirloom and a priceless piece of immortality that will be tangible for generations. It will serve as a way to celebrate your life, and its direct effects on who they are and what your influence was on your family's history. True artifacts enhance and enrich all of our lives in a way that mass-produced merchandise never will, thus preserving the best of mankind and expressing our love for each other.

This intricately designed custom hand carved wine cellar door is the work of our world class design department, and in house senior engineers. All of our products are designed, and built under the direction of award winning artist H.J. Nick. Every product is signed and certified as world class fine art quality by H.J. Nick, before it leaves our world class factory. This type of certification ensures that your product has appreciable value in antiquity as fine art. Don't spend your hard earned money on products that are designed to be thrown away. Own a one-of-a-kind work of art that will become a cherished family heirloom.

Hand Carved Wine Cellar Door Hardware Details

On the front of this custom hand carved wine cellar door, you can see our grapevine door pull (HH055A). We offer many variations of this and can see one without the backplate on the back side of this door as pictured.

The custom grapevine clusters door pulls on the inside and outside of the door are the perfect compliment to this design. These custom handles are individually hand hammered into a shape that is just as unique and realistic as the carvings on the door. We can customize yours with any type of handles to fit your specific needs and style. All of our custom door hardware is made from solid hand forged wrought iron. This, hand carved wine cellar door, or any of our doors can be customized with any hardware that you choose from our vast selection of styles. When we say hand forged, we mean hand hammered over a coal fired forge by master blacksmiths. Specifically, our hardware products are never cast, drop forged, or made using any other type of fast process. Because our custom door handles and hardware products are never mass produced, each piece is a one-of-a-kind item that is uniquely yours.

You can also add any of our theme door pulls from our extensive catalog to your door or gate. You can even submit your own picture or design idea and our design engineers and blacksmiths will custom craft it for you at no additional charge. Our custom hardware products are all finished using our proprietary iron oxide advance patination process. This process infuses a hand applied patina to the metal at over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. This makes for a vibrantly colored finish that will last forever with little or no maintenance. Unlike paints and powder coats, a heat infused patina won't crack, peel, or flake off over time because our process advances the natural patination of the iron and becomes part of the metal. The hardware on your door can be finished in any color you choose, or even matched to a sample that you submit.

Building A Family Legacy Through Heirloom Doors

Don't settle for poor quality mass productions products from big box retailers. These disposable items will are destined for yard sales and land fills. Own a genuine family heirloom, that is an appreciable work of fine art, and is guaranteed to last forever.

Building a family legacy has been going on since the beginning of time. Building heirloom furniture and doors intended to last forever is one of the primary ways we all have in achieving some small part of immortality. These cherished family items will touch our loved ones for many years to come through physical interactions as well as family photos . Many societies, including the Egyptians and Mayans, as well as European royalty and aristocracy have created and passed down heirlooms for thousands of years.

In fact, if it were not for these artifacts, it would be impossible to know these people ever existed, how they were important to history. This is also the case in the 21st century within your own family. No matter if it’s a simple, hope chest with your personal message or name as a gift to a loved one, or an extravagant, fine art quality, master handcrafted solid wood, custom hand carved wine cellar door, these items will be important to the story of your family history long after we are gone.

Hand Carved Wine Cellar Door Finish Details

Every product from ArtFactory.com is designed by, and built under the supervision of award winning artist H.J. Nick. A product is not signed by H.J. Nick until he has personally found it to meet all world class fine art qualifications. This assures that your product will have future appreciable value as a work of fine art, and will never be exactly reproduced.

The meticulous finish has been done in age old technique, using a 23-step hand rubbed process. We begin with fine hand sanding, and infused open grain hand applied stains. That puts the finish in the wood not just sprayed on it. This allows for the fine natural wood grains to show to perfection. There are then 20 additional steps requiring the application of wax, oils and lacquers with curing times between each process. This method is performed on all furniture and door wood surfaces inside and out. This tried and tested finish detail is required in the making of a one-of-a-kind, family heirloom quality product that meets world class investment quality standards that will stand the test of time. This process is the only way with little maintenance and the simple process of cleaning with oil will allow for a beautiful natural patina that will make this door more beautiful over time.

Our in-house master wood workers, and blacksmiths handcraft all custom furniture and doors to your design specifications. We only use the highest quality materials. All of our wooden furnishings, doors, and gates are made from solid, full length, naturally air dried timber. We believe in the quality of our products in craftsmanship so much that as result, our custom interior and exterior doors and all of our products are guaranteed forever. When nothing but the best will do, call for pricing on our elk lodge entrance doors at 1-800-292-0008 and get started on doors of your dreams today. Like all of our products, these doors were handmade in the USA, in our Scottsdale, Arizona factory.

Source of Historical Information on Grinling Gibbons: Wikipedia