A Fantastic Entryway in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

This entry is in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, next to the original Rancho Santa Fe Golf Course, and it turned out really beautiful. The scene is of a large California live oak tree with four female quail carved into the wood at the base of the tree and a colorful male quail, done in my fused-glass technique, on the lookout in the branches above. There are also a couple of mourning doves in the fused glass in the uppermost branches.

Above: This is the best photo I could get of the transom above the door. 

Above: Three of the female quail

Above: The fourth female quail

Above: The male quail as a fused glass art piece, incorporated into the wood branch of the oak tree

This peaceful scene is not unusual to come across on golf courses with plentiful canyons nearby in Southern California. 

The heavily carved solid walnut door is about 10 feet wide and 12 feet tall including the transom, and it's over 3" thick with 1/2" carved, fused glass panels integrated into the doors, side lights and transom. This makes for a seamless design, with the door handles, inside and out, carved as part of the branches, assimilating the parts together to become one.

I have added more photos below, but pictures never do justice to let you feel the size and scope of the art piece.

Above: You can see the door handle that I carved to look like one of the tree branches, incorporating it into the design.

Above: Close up of the two mourning doves in the upper branches.