Mcafee Mansion
This beautiful mountain retreat, located in Woodland Park with panoramic views of Pikes Peak, is the estate of the McAfee Mansion designed to reflect the Mayan art and architecture held in great esteem by owner John McAfee. Renfree Studio crafted four sets of double doors for the interior of this retreat, as well as the front pivoting door. The four interior doors, one set for the master bedroom, plus three sets as the grand entrances to the estate's theater/great room are carved with the Cartouche lines of the four Mayan cities of Palenque, Copan, Tikal, and Yaxchilan. Upon the massive seven and half foot tall, seven foot wide, four inch thick pivoting front door, Raleigh combines a number of Mayan jaguar name glyphs with the larger jaguar deity, which would be carried into battle on a carved wooden shield by one of the kings of Tikal, to create a masterful design of powerful jaguar protection guarding the doorway to this stellar home.
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Renfree Carving Studio is a wood carving studio nestled in the foothills of Boulder, Colorado specializing in one- of-a-kind, hand-carved functional art elements for the home and business place. The master carver, craftsman, owner, and operator of Renfree Carving Studio is Raleigh Renfree, who founded the business with his father and mother under the name Glyphics Studio in 1996. The Renfree family has resided in lovely Boulder valley for over 40 years, practicing the age-old art of chisel and mallet carving, ranging from stone carvings in the round to dynamic bas-relief. Raleigh now proudly carries on the elegant family tradition independently, hewing exquisite functional art pieces that add ageless beauty and value to any space.
We create finely crafted architectural elements by using solid hard woods, milled to perfection and finally carved by hand with chisel and mallet in old world bas-relief fashion. All of our work is custom design and of the highest quality, we work hand in hand with design teams to create custom features for every environment. We have been featured in a number of businesses and homes throughout Colorado, as well as across the USA, and as far as Australia. Our custom designed and hand carved products are created by our artisans to last for generations
At Renfree Carving Studio we give our clients the dynamic opportunity to create an outstandingly beautiful piece of functional art that will last a lifetime, and increase the overall value of their homes and business places.
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