Making Shoji - Toshio Odate

The construction of shoji, Japanese sliding doors, requires intricate skill and close attention to detail. This guide brings together traditional insight and technical mastery from the perspective of an apprenticed sliding door maker. Step by step instructions, illustrated with 200 black and white photographs and 30 line drawings, cover how to construct both common shoji and Japanese transoms, the decorative panels found between rooms and above sliding doors. Correct use of Japanese tools is discussed throughout, along with techniques for marking lines, cutting specific joints, making handles, using rice glue, and applying shoji paper.

Written by Toshio Odate, who gives seminars on Japanese woodworking across the United States and Europe. He has written for Fine Woodworking Magazine, American Woodworker, and Woodshop News, and is also the author of Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use.

Details:

• Author: Toshio Odate
• Format: Paperback, 128 pages
• Publisher: Linden Publishing
• ISBN: 9780941936477
• Ideal for: Woodworkers, joiners, and anyone interested in traditional Japanese craft