Slowly (too many distractions...) I am nibbling away at my bathroom cabinet. It is highly inspired by the kind of chests made in rural England in the 17th century and made popular again by Peter Follansbee. My home had no need for a chest with a lid, so I make it with 3 small doors in the front and a fixed top.
The carving is coming along, only need to do one other door panel. This kind of carving is very primitive, very well suited to my limited skills. It is mostly simple pattern, carved with a rather loose hand. A bunch of punch work for additional decoration. The design of the panel isn't mine, it is more or less copied from antique originals, pictures I found while browsing the internet.
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These door panels remind be a bit of leather work or textiles. Just as if the owner couldn't afford nice curtains, so he settled for this instead. The third door panel will be a more conventional quatre foil pattern.