Carmine
pivot door
A garnet seam, hinged.
A pivot door of burled walnut, split by a garnet-red seam of cast resin — a river stood on end, opening at a touch. The burl is book-matched and set around the seam; the garnet red is hand-tinted against the wood it will live with, so no two doors carry the same river.
The piece
| Typical build | 110 × 240 cm · 45 mm thick made to your opening |
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| Customisable range | Width 90–140 cm · Height 210–300 cm |
| Wood | Burled walnut, book-matched faces see choosing wood |
| Resin | Garnet red, hand-tinted, poured through see resin colours |
| Pivot | Concealed floor-spring pivot, sized to the leaf |
| Finish | Satin lacquer, sealed edges |
| Cure | A single pour, degassed under vacuum · ≈ 3 weeks |
| Care | How to care for cast resin |
Each pour is one of a kind — this exact river will not repeat. The design can be ordered again; the pour cannot.
The making
The burl comes first — two book-matched faces of walnut, figured edge to edge, split apart and set in the mould. The gap between them is templated, sealed and poured in one session: garnet red, hand-tinted against the wood it will live with, degassed and cured slowly before the leaf is trued, lacquered and its edges sealed. The concealed floor-spring pivot is cut just off the seam's axis, so the door opens around its own river.
The lead time is 6–12 weeks, made to order. Drawings first, then sample pours you approve, then the single cast and its slow cure — the full method is on the craft page, and the deeper background in river tables, explained. Carmine belongs to the vertical side of the collection — more in wall art and doors.
Request a piece like this
Your Carmine will not be this Carmine — it will be your burl, your red, your opening. Send the rough opening size and the swing you need, and we reply within two working days with wood and tint proposals.
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