Introductory Discourse, Disclosure, and Decisions At this point of the project, I had some decisions to make. And, if I am completely honest, I’m not entirely sure I would make the same decisions again. The first big decision was building material. Years ago, I did a project with MDF (medium density fiberboard) and really didn’t […]
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How to Build an Air Lock Door (Part 4)
The future is not very practical. The shapes of airlock and science fiction doors are so interesting. The bump outs here and there look awesome. Until I built the door, I never gave it much thought. In movies and television, no one contorts their bodies to get through the portals quicker. Or…when they do, they […]
Just Another Door in the Wall (Part 3)
Time Clouds the Mind Since they say confession is good for the soul, I have one to share. I am not a carpenter. It has been a while, so I might have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. The wall build out is really not terribly exciting. In fact, detailed pictures of it are pretty […]
Insider’s Look of the Science Fiction Portal
Ed Catmull, the first CEO of Pixar, is a fascinating thinker with some incredible ideas about running a creative team. In one presentation, he was discussing why everyone loved the movie Toy Story. It isn’t because it’s a single great idea, he said, Toy Story is a collection of great ideas. Everyone brought their ideas […]
How to Construct a Portal to Another World
Introduction My grandparents owned a beautiful Victorian home with these heavy, oak pocket doors that separated the dining room from the sitting room. As a child, these doors were quite scary. They were very heavy, so it took a little bit of effort to get them moving — and, once rumbling down their tracks — […]
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