A longer bloom
Building a miniature low table with three-way mitered corners at Mount Fuji Wood Culture Society
An experiment about craft, nice things, and fixing up old homes
Interviewing Tak Yoshino about Wood Culture
An interview with Tak Yoshino of the Mount Fuji Wood Culture Society
A longer bloom
Building a miniature low table with three-way mitered corners at Mount Fuji Wood Culture Society
A long bloom
I feel lucky to return to Mount Fuji Wood Culture Society, to study with Tak Yoshino. This trip—my third in a year—also coincides with the arrival of sakura blossoms.
Odds and Ends (and a 2-Micron Shaving)
Just a few small projects. And a 2-micron shaving at the Kezurokai planing contest by Andrew Ren.
Zen and Japanese Carpentry - Begins
Teachers, priests, monks, and students gathered at the temple on a Sunday afternoon, in the back of a valley.
Zen and Woodworking: Final Preparations
A flurry of milling, layout, and tool preparation before the class
Somakosha in the New York Times
I had the opportunity to interview Jon Stollenmeyer of Somakosha about his path becoming a carpenter in Japan for the New York Times about his start at Nakamura Sotoji Komuten and most recently at Somakosha with Kohei Yamamoto. The interview was about 4 hours formally, and about 7 days, informally
A Dozen Sawhorses
The wood for the frame had showed up. But before I could get to milling it up, I needed to build some sawhorses.
Japanese Woodworking and Carpentry Classes (This year)
Most 2025 class schedules for my favorite woodworking teachers are online.
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