If you ve built furniture or casework you ll enjoy the easy introduction to japanese woodworking techniques in this combination of western and japanese joinery.
Japanese woodworking furniture. The asian inspired home haiku designs is proud to offer a distinctive and unique line of japanese furniture for the home office or bedroom. Each item is hand picked in japan by our owner and shipped directly to the u s. He studied woodworking in gifu city and then trained in hida takayama a city known for its wood furniture industry in japan. Kuraya offers a wide selection of fine japanese tansu furniture and antique collectibles from the 18th 19th century.
Jtansu contemporary furniture japanese inspired with a refined minimalist look but made in the usa using the finest sustainable woods and traditional japanese woodworking techniques. You ll use familiar tools like the router to make the end panels and a dowel jig to make the some of the joinery. Satoshi s speciality is in fine wood furniture such dining tables live edge tables coffee tables beds consoles and more. He enjoys utilizing traditional woodworking methods while incorporating modern designs.
Sakaguchi san has both consummate skill in the ancient art of japanese wood joinery and intimate knowledge of traditional japanese architectural design. Japanese furniture design is centered around the idea of balance harmony and simplicity whereby a few select pieces set the tone or feel of a room. Furniture makers are known as sashimonoshi cabinetmaker purchase japanese kanna great deals on amazon. Our team of fine craftsmen in santa barbara california has created a line of simple elegant and durable pieces that will feel equally at home in a classic.
We call this beauty of less or the beauty of simplicity with the concept that a beautiful balanced room with minimal adornment can actually create a tone of ease relaxation and inner peace. This rolling tansu chest by aaron levine is based on a traditional japanese furniture form but when he designed it he was serving an apprenticeship and was at the very creating a cabinet february 4 2015. Japanese architectural design japanese woodworking ki arts represents the work of hiroshi sakaguchi a master carpenter from japan living in the united states. We strive to make furniture as closely as possible to the way it was designed and made during my father s time altered only to adapt to available materials dimensional requirements or improvements to structure.
Japanese furniture is known for being well built with traditional mortise tenon joinery and classic asian cabinetry.