A couple weeks back we took a visit to the 69th Japanese Traditional Craft Exhibition, and I thought I share some inspirational highlights from the… Read More »Inspiration – Japanese Traditional Craft Exhibition
On to the last bit of work for the mirror shelf build. Again my apologies that the photos in this build are somewhat lacking. Lately… Read More »Mirror Shelf – Build 2
Continuing on from last weeks post about the design of this mirror/shelf, this week I thought I’d share my process for building this piece. The… Read More »Mirror Shelf – Build
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
