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
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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
Toshi-nuki Shelves – Build 1
It’s time to start building some knockdown shelving. A few weeks have passes since the last post where I talked about different joinery options for… Read More »Toshi-nuki Shelves – Build 1
Making Shoji – Western Red Cedar
A couple weeks ago I finished up a set of shoji screens for a customer in the US. I had planned to use sugi (Japanese… Read More »Making Shoji – Western Red Cedar
Collapsible Shelving Joinery Considerations
One of the furniture designs that I’ve been working on recently is this shelving system that I designed to be easily assembled/disassembled via traditional joinery.… Read More »Collapsible Shelving Joinery Considerations
Absorbed in the Design Process – Hatsuri Trays
The past couple of weeks during a bit of down time, I have been experimenting with these textured trays for serving tea, snacks, etc. The… Read More »Absorbed in the Design Process – Hatsuri Trays
Chair no 1 – Completion
After finishing the main woodworking and assembling the chair in the last post, the final details to complete were applying a coat of oil and… Read More »Chair no 1 – Completion
Chair no. 1 – Fabrication Part 2
After the work on the legs and stretchers in the previous post, I moved on to working on the arms and back rest. The first… Read More »Chair no. 1 – Fabrication Part 2
Chair no. 1 – Fabrication Part 1
With the design for chair no. 1 more or less decided, I forged ahead with fabrication. One of the first choices I needed to make… Read More »Chair no. 1 – Fabrication Part 1
