One of the more interesting doors we built was the Tortoise Door as seen here beside the art storage cabinet with saguaro rib doors. This was JoAnn's studio at the First Ave. house. Details of the assembly of this door are shown below. The process we used in construction of these doors started with a design JoAnn developed at reduced scale which included the colors used. This scale drawing was then converted to a full size pattern using the square transfer method. I wont describe this method here but stick to the main topic. I usually did this transfer and then had the patterns I needed to cut pieces of wood in the shop. After pieces had been cut and sanded JoAnn would mix the paint color and apply it to the wood pieces. I usually stained the main surfaces of the door and applied a clear finish over all surfaces when the pieces had been assembled on the door. The pattern was repeated on both sides of the door with one side being the reverse of the pattern so pieces were exactly opposite and could be pinned together with dowels running through holes in the central panel of the door. My, that may sound complicated but after working with it on one door the process became routine.
*More detail on my art can be found at my website <www.apatchablue.com>
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