This weekend in California is Kezurou-kai, an event to celebrate all things Japanese woodworking. The event culminates with a plane shaving contest where people compete… Read More »Sharpening Kanna: An Evolving Method 6
It’s been a while since I’ve had a shop of my own. While I was in college I lived out of my families cabin in… Read More »A Unique Approach to Cutting Bevels
Lately I’ve been dreaming about a few Japanese machines that are really well suited for kumiko work. There is a potential project on the horizon… Read More »Dream Machines
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been working on a set of four stools for a customer. One of the tricky areas involved in… Read More »Thinking About Jigs
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
