I think Tolkien’s drawing of the Doors of Durin is quite beautiful so I made a door to my garage with the design that lights up. Added the voice opening because it’s an obvious must for a door like this. Made from walnut, epoxy, and forged metal. Has a big LED panel inside to light the wood up. I also couldn’t help myself and changed Narvi’s name in the inscription to mine
Polished only to see if there are any scratches.
Introducing: Genesis.
A hand-carved exploration of American Ironwood. 🪵✨
The natural density of the wood meets a hollow, skeletal design to create a light sculpture unlike any other.
I'm a solo dev and I've been building Parametric Wall Studio — a free, browser-based tool to design parametric wood slat & wave walls and export everything you need to actually cut them. No install, no account needed to design. Free during the beta.
Quick 2-min demo: https://youtu.be/1RLs_S1dbjQ
What it does:
DESIGN
• Two modes: a wall of individual slats (with optional tenon-and-mortise joinery + a back panel), or one continuous parametric surface
• Shape the relief with composable wave layers (sine, radial, spiral, dome, star, ripple, even text), plus attractors, image heightmaps, profile lofts and a 3D sculpt brush
• Free-form Silhouette — the outline isn't stuck as a rectangle. Draw a flowing Ribbon, freehand a shape, import an SVG, or trace a photo into a silhouette
• Real-time 3D, plus a realistic render mode (physical wood material, studio lighting, ambient occlusion)
• mm or inch, and 7 languages
EXPORT (the part I cared about most)
• DXF (clean R12) and SVG for CNC routers and laser cutters
• STL and OBJ for 3D printing
• Real editable STEP solids for Fusion 360 / SolidWorks / FreeCAD — actual B-rep bodies, not a faceted mesh
• Automatic slat slicing, sheet nesting and tool-diameter clearances, so the 2D sheets are cut-ready
• Tenon/mortise joinery generated for you, parts auto-numbered for assembly
Try it (free): https://btporganizer.tech
I'd love feedback from people who actually cut or print these — does the STEP open cleanly in your CAD? Anything confusing? What shape would you try first? Brutal honesty welcome, it's still early.