Learning something New

[JCLP]

With having extra time on my hands due to our lock down, I thought I would try something new. A friend suggested I try "Kumiko", a Japanese wood art form. Here is a photo of my third trial panel. Each side is 20" long.  Cheers,
JC

 

[HarveyWildes]

Excellent!

 

[miles2212]

Well done

 

[Michael Kellough]

Looks good!

Any half lap joints in long pieces?

 

[dltflt]

Beautiful!  Look fragile.

 

[mike_aa]

[member=24938]JCLP[/member]  Wow!  Nicely done!  That's got to be very tedious, but I'm sure it was a lot of fun putting it together.  [thumbs up]

What wood did you use?

Thanks for sharing.

Mike A.

 

[JCLP]

Looks good!

Any half lap joints in long pieces?

The long pieces, 14 of them, form the diagonal grid and they are half edge lap joints.

JC

 

[JCLP]

[member=24938]JCLP[/member]  Wow!  Nicely done!  That's got to be very tedious, but I'm sure it was a lot of fun putting it together.  [thumbs up]

What wood did you use?

Thanks for sharing.

Mike A.

Thanks Mike. It's actually quite relaxing, also got to know my chisels and Japanese saws better. The wood I used for this one is Basswood. Clean wood, no knots, great to cut and chisel and sands very easily.

Cheers,
JC

 

[ear3]

Woh, amazing!  I better make sure my wife doesn't see this, otherwise I will be forced to add another project to THE LIST.  Any process pictures?