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
Joinery
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
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
Making Koushi-do 格子戸 – Part 2
In the previous post after completing the joinery layout, I proceeded with cutting the koushi and door rails to length. I also cut the shoulders… Read More »Making Koushi-do 格子戸 – Part 2
Making Koushido 格子戸- Japanese Lattice Doors
This month I’ve been working down in Okayama with Somakosha again, this time making 格子戸 koushi-do, or lattice doors. A friend of mine bought an… Read More »Making Koushido 格子戸- Japanese Lattice Doors
Low Cherry Tansu – Ken-don 倹飩 Door
With the main cabinet more or less complete I moved on to making the single ken-don 倹飩 door for this cabinet. In a previous post… Read More »Low Cherry Tansu – Ken-don 倹飩 Door
Low Cherry Tansu – Case Assembly
With the hidden mitered dovetails complete, the areas I focused on next were the vertical partition that separates the door and drawer spaces, as well… Read More »Low Cherry Tansu – Case Assembly
Low Cherry Tansu – Hidden Dovetail Joinery
When it came time to deciding what kind of joinery to use for the low cherry tansu my main concern was to keep the cabinet’s… Read More »Low Cherry Tansu – Hidden Dovetail Joinery
Cherry Tansu with Twisted Dovetails
Tansu are traditional Japanese cabinets. They come in a huge range of shapes, sizes and styles, and many evolved from a need for mobile storage.… Read More »Cherry Tansu with Twisted Dovetails
