The Art of Japanese Joinery by Kiyosi Seike

The Art of Japanese Joinery



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Page: 128
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780834815162


It's beguiling enough that I definitely want to build a few – once I can find a good source for the dome-head nails. Izumitani is a former furniture maker who now brings vintage Japanese tools to Australia to sell. For our final post on Japanese craft, let's take a look at the beautiful art of carpentry. This lively introduction to Japanese joinery not only delves lovingly into the unique history and development of Japanese carpentry, but also reveals many secrets of Japanese joinery. You examine the contents of a typical joiners tool chest. 2: THE HALF LAP JOINT wood joints The Through-Joint, to a contractor, is high art. Thumbing through one of my writer's notebooks, I found a note about the ancient Japanese art of joinery called Kintsugi (kin-tsugi). Buycheapbooks.biz-200834815168. He offers items that I've only read The joinery is all nails and finger joints. Up above is The Art of Japanese Joinery, a book I jealously guarded for years because it could only be found at Kinokuniya; nowadays you can get it on Amazon. So this weekend I was thrilled to spend hours poring over the vintage Japanese tools offered by Tetsuro Izumitani during a hand tool event at the Melbourne Guild of Fine Woodworking. Still, the fact that so many travelers are first attracted to Japan by its art and design makes it clear the more disparate, artistic aspects of the country deserve closer inspection. Another reviewer was correct that it is not a typical "how-to" book, but it is an inspirational art book of classic Japanese joinery. Here are half a dozen You'll perhaps be templed-out on any visit to Japan -- as I remember my brother once being medieval-churched-out on a family trip across Europe -- yet what visitor with a design bent doesn't fall for the craftsmanship of Japanese temples' carpentry and joinery? It's hard to imagine an entire house built without nails or screws, but this is exactly what the art of wood joinery in Japan is able to accomplish. Japanese carpentry is known for its complex system of joinery, crafted entirely by hand. Art Of Japanese Joinery by Kiyosi Seike Paperback $16.47. The Trestle can draw upon any of the jointing systems either made or inspired by those illustrated in 'The Art of Japanese Joinery'.





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