Hello and Welcome to my blog! In this series I will detail the process of building sliding bypass doors, known as shoji, of western red cedar. Having detailed the making of shoji in the recent past, this series will highlight the challenges I’ve faced as I progress through this particular build, in …
Hello and welcome to my blog! This post completes a two part series in which I’m restoring and reinforcing a Nakashima-Widdicomb mirror. In part one of the series I repaired and restored the mirror frame and replaced the mirror glass. This post details the process of building a frame …
Hello and welcome to my blog! In this two-part series I will be restoring a Nakashima-Widdicomb mirror. This mirror was part of a line of a furniture designed for Widdicomb Furniture Company by George Nakashima. Over his career George Nakashima worked with both Knoll Studio and Widdicomb Furniture Company having designed furniture …
Hello and welcome to my blog! This post completes a series in which I am building a live edge tsuridana, of American black walnut, for installation into a contemporary Japanese house. In the previous post the tsuridana was brought to dimension, finish planed, and a large rabbet was cut around …
Hello and welcome to my blog! This post begins a short series in which I’m building a live edge tsuridana for a modern Japanese style home. A tsuridana is a single shelf or set of shelves found in specific areas of the traditional Japanese home. These shelves are normally supported …