White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Design
This past summer I had a custom furniture project for a client overseas. The commissioned project was a custom white oak cabinet with shoji screen… Read More »White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Design
Joinery
Building a Timber Frame Engawa in Osakikamijima Island
One of the first projects that I worked on with Somakosha was installing flooring, doors and windows for a timber frame home that Somakosha built… Read More »Building a Timber Frame Engawa in Osakikamijima Island
Kumiko Cell Phone Speaker
Recently I finished up a collaborative project here in Tokyo with a design company called Consentable. The project is a purely acoustic speaker designed to… Read More »Kumiko Cell Phone Speaker
Kigumi Museum
木組み博物館 It’s been almost 6 months that I’ve been living in Japan, a fact that is hard to believe. I’ve still been spending almost half… Read More »Kigumi Museum
The Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
When you meet other woodworkers who have traveled to Japan and ask them for recommendations on places to see, chances are they will tell you… Read More »The Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
A Visit with Akira Watanabe Edo Sashimono Craftsman
This past week I had the pleasure of visiting the workshop of Akira Watanabe, an Edo Sashimono craftsman. I have come across Watanabe-san’s work online… Read More »A Visit with Akira Watanabe Edo Sashimono Craftsman
kumiko table saw sled
Kumiko Table Saw sled – Making Shojis part 2 I left off the last post on making shoji screens at the point where I… Read More »kumiko table saw sled
Making Shoji Screens
Making Shoji Screens The past few weeks I’ve been taking a break from my folding screen project to make some shoji screens for a couple… Read More »Making Shoji Screens
Three-way Miter Class
Three-way Miter Class Hey folks, please join me on Saturday June 30th for a three-way miter class that I’ll be teaching at Mokuchi in Brooklyn,… Read More »Three-way Miter Class
3 Legged stool Build
3 Legged Stool Build I’m long overdue for an update here, so I thought I’d share some photos from a recent spec piece I… Read More »3 Legged stool Build
