Institutional · Pico-Robertson, Los Angeles

A Torah ark with hand-carved doors and blue epoxy inlays.

A special cabinet for a synagogue in Pico-Robertson, Los Angeles, built in poplar and plywood, with hand-carved Hebrew lettering and flame designs inlaid in blue epoxy.

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Finished Torah ark cabinet with carved doors and blue epoxy inlays, Pico-Robertson

Location

Pico-Robertson, Los Angeles

Type

Synagogue cabinet (Torah ark)

Materials

Poplar, plywood and epoxy

The challenge

The synagogue needed a special cabinet to hold its Torah scroll, with detail and meaning worthy of the center of the room.

The process

Cabinet

The cabinet is built with shelves and drawers inside.

Hand-carved poplar doors with Hebrew lettering in progress

Carving

Hebrew lettering and flames are carved into the poplar doors.

Geometric epoxy inlay channels laid out on a poplar column

Layout

Geometric inlay lines are laid out on the columns.

Live-edge poplar column marked for the geometric inlay

Columns

Live-edge poplar keeps the natural character of the wood.

Inlay

Blue epoxy fills the carved flames and lines.

The result

A one-of-a-kind cabinet where carpentry, carving and epoxy art meet.

Custom Torah ark cabinet installed in the synagogue

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