An experiment about craft, nice things, and fixing up old homes


Paperwork and Curved Octagon Posts
What can I say except I gave 100% of my effort this week, and yet, it wasn’t quite enough.

An Apprenticeship at Somakosha
For reasons I cannot fully understand, I was invited to work at Somakosha as a carpentry apprentice earlier this year. Accepting the job wasn't straightforward.

Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival 2025
I made my way to Maine from Hawaii, only two days after I left Japan.

Somakosha in July
Returning to Okayama two weeks later, and high off my last visit’s success, I tried to fit the door making workshop’s 12 day curriculum in 4 days.

Miscellaneous Thoughts On Planes (By Suda Kenji)
This essay is by Suda Kenji, national living treasure sashimono.

Exploring angles at Somakosha
Most people do not need know how to build a roof hip. But the ability to design and layout joinery with complex angularity—in anything—is what we walked away with.
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