The Art of Japanese Joinery. Kiyosi Seike

The Art of Japanese Joinery


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The Art of Japanese Joinery Kiyosi Seike
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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. The impulse is seemingly in all of us despite our culture, location or time. Typeface header: OTIK by Karl Nawrot. Much more complex than western joinery. The whole world is trying their best, to support and help over this terrible disaster. Kintsugi or the Art of "Golden Joinery". Although kintsugi repair makes it appear as though the original piece was mended with gold, the process is essentially a form of lacquer art. As you may have heard, there's been an 8.9 earthquake and tsunami devastating Japan very badly. Kintsugi (金継ぎ) (Japanese: golden joinery) is the art of fixing Japanese broken pottery with a laquered resin sprinkled with powdered gold or silver. One has to have a basic understanding of Japanese carpentry to appreciate the joinery. Izumitani is a former furniture maker who now brings vintage Japanese tools to Australia to sell. Japan, early 18th c, Edo period. €�The term “kintsugi” means 'golden joinery' in Japanese and refers to the art of fixing broken ceramics with a lacquer resin made to look like solid gold” (….and often actually using genuine gold powder in the resin). Kintsugi, which means "golden joinery," was born. 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. 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. It's beguiling enough that I definitely want to build a few – once I can find a good source for the dome-head nails. But it is an inspirational art book of classic Japanese joinery. From the book 'The Art of Japanese Joinery' (found here). He offers items that I've only read The joinery is all nails and finger joints. A little while ago, I read on a friend's Facebook page of Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with gold. Posted by hoola whoop at 4:44 PM · Newer Post Older Post Home.





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