Kitchen

Vitali · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Canada, Ontario

Did not post here for a long time. glad to see all of you.
Kitchen: woodcarving (baswood), MDFcarving, staining, glaizing, gilding (24K), metallics, marbling, airbrushing, decorative painting. topcoat - poliuretane and laquers of different sheen.

Vitali · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Canada, Ontario

Hood, island and entrance top, primed.

Vitali · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Canada, Ontario

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Vitali · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Canada, Ontario

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Ron Francis · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:00 am Post subject:

That's all hand carved??

Vitali · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Canada, Ontario

What should be carved - handcarved; frames are machine-assisted. Here are elements of another similar work - carvings before framing and with frame. Material - baswood.

Vitali · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Canada, Ontario

Elements of island: two corbels and handcarved plate, baswood, stained with touch-ups of pale gold. base and frame - plywood; topcoat - laquer

Vitali · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Canada, Ontario

handcarved corbels, baswood, unfinished and stained

sonol'artista · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:46 am Post subject:

Where to start? This is all fantastic! I love the hood! That peacock is pretty amazing too.

Vitali · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Canada, Ontario

Thank you for watching!
Entrance top for the kithen: handcarved baswood, MDF, plywood, glazing, gilding, decorative painting.

Lou Ann Lanier · Joined: 08 May 2008 Posts: 346 Location: Madison, Alabama

drop dead gorgeous.

Lou Ann

Vitali · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Canada, Ontario

Thank you! Very Happy

Pre-installation assembling and touch-ups: kitchen and entrance

cleta · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 3232 Location: Chapel Hill, NC

WOW. That is over-the-top gorgeous! Is the rest of the house like that?

Vitali · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Canada, Ontario

Thank you!
the rest of the house even better! Very Happy

In order to keep all finishes on every pice similoar, we did all parts separately finish by finsh

Ron Francis · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:09 pm Post subject:

Fantastic work!

Jeanne S · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 1521 Location: New York

This is really over the top, I'm so glad you posted the pic with it all in place....It was beautiful as individual pieces, but even more impressive together. How did you ever come about to thids design....Stunning!!!! Very Happy

mpg · Joined: 10 Sep 2007 Posts: 603 Location: Nebraska

WOW!!!!! That is amazing....trying to find the right adjective Very Happy

Dancing Deb · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:20 am Post subject:

Holy Cow! That's a lot of kitchen!!!! Stunning work -

Vitali · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Canada, Ontario

Thank you friends for your compliments! I am really happy that you like our work - it is little bit different than regular kitchen and we had a lot of doubts... Twisted Evil

glazing was done with airbrush
for those interested: some close-ups....

Jeanne S · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 1521 Location: New York

It's all just Spectacular!!!!! luv it!!! Very Happy

Vitali · Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 Location: Canada, Ontario

Linda Topel · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 2039 Location: Chicago Area

... Living inside the art..... it is spectacular

anita · Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 2736 Location: upstate New York

You did all the carving too????!!!! Beyond amazing.

BAForese · Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 309 Location: Kennett Square, PA

That is really, really beautiful! Congratulations! I want that kitchen. I'll take the rest of the house, too!

arlene · Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 7769

Never seen anything that unique, just beautiful!