Mirror Shelf – Design
Since March of this year I’ve been working on creating a new furniture design every week using Blender. I’ve started to view the whole process… Read More »Mirror Shelf – Design
Custom furniture
Inspiration – Tokyo Chair Exhibitions
Over the past few months here in Tokyo there have been a number of chair exhibitions at different museums around the city. My wife and… Read More »Inspiration – Tokyo Chair Exhibitions
Liquid Glass Wood Finish
For several years now I’ve been making woodturnings, carved bowls, trays and plates. Making items like these that will potentially see real use as tableware;… Read More »Liquid Glass Wood Finish
Maruta Bench – Build 3
One of the final details before assembling the bench was to mark and cut the holes for the pegs in the tenons. After trimming and… Read More »Maruta Bench – Build 3
Maruta Bench – Build 2
The last post left off with turning the short seat stretchers round on the lathe. I had pre-cut a 60mm Ø shoulder prior to turning,… Read More »Maruta Bench – Build 2
Maruta Bench – Build 1
A few months back I designed a bench as part of my goal for this year to produce a new furniture design every week. The… Read More »Maruta Bench – Build 1
3 Leg Stool Build – Version 2
I first designed and built this stool 5 years ago in Brooklyn, and wrote about the build in one of my early blog posts here… Read More »3 Leg Stool Build – Version 2
Thoughts on Good Furniture Design
Recently a friend and I had a bit of a conversation about the toshi-nuki shelves that I recently built. He was concerned about racking, since… Read More »Thoughts on Good Furniture Design
Toshi-Nuki Shelves – Build 3
Well here we are in the final stages of this build. At this point the only tasks remaining were to cut wedges, mill and cut… Read More »Toshi-Nuki Shelves – Build 3
Toshi-Nuki Shelves – Build 2
Following from the last post on building the Toshi-Nuki Shelves, which was mainly about cutting mortises, we continue on with… more mortises. Or in this… Read More »Toshi-Nuki Shelves – Build 2
