When a woodworker buys a forest
Furniture maker Tak Yoshino pays homage to the forest his new woodworking school was built from.
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Japanese Sliding-lid Box
This clever and simple piece is great for storing tools, toys or a kimono While picking though a table of vintage Japanese tools for sale I spotted this sliding-lid box under the vendor’s table; it was blackened by age, …
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Dan Dragon’s Torii Table Part 4: Drawer, Finish, and Assembly
In this last wrap-up entry of my four-part series on Dan Dargon’s Torii table I will show how Dan build the table’s drawer, applied finished, and finally assembled it all. Read: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 With its grill-like …
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Dan Dragon’s Torii Table Part 3: Legs, Stretchers and Panels.
After portioning out some of the Paulownia logs into smaller units Dan set up his lathe and began the turning process (read about the genesis of this great project here: part 1, part 2). He turned the raw …
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Japanese Street Vendor Stool
This intriguing utilitarian design is at home most anywhere. As a curious designer I often find myself frequenting estate sales, online auctions and even local antique stores in search of oddities and relics of the past. This exercise affords me ……
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