Kumiko: Learn Traditional Japanese Woodworking

Kumiko: Learn Traditional Japanese Woodworking

Learn the traditional Japanese woodworking craft of Kumiko. The asa-no-ha motif is featured. Detailed steps to create the pattern are demonstrated and described. Guide Block plan and Bench Hook plan included with course. Elevate your woodworking aesthetic by incorporating Kumiko into furniture or wall art. The Kumiko panels are created using several hand tools. There is some machinery in initial wood preparation. Follow me as I demonstrate the steps in creating a striking Kumiko panel you can incorporate in a piece of furniture, wall panel, or Shoji screen. 

Kumiko is a centuries old woodworking tradition. With a relatively small investment of basswood, a chisel, small saw and guide blocks, you can begin to create Kumiko panels. The panels can be hung from a wall as decorative pieces or incorporated into a furniture design. Kumiko decorative panels are the ideal conversation piece and will demonstrate your newly developed woodworking skills. Creating Kumiko is a relaxing process that will expand your creativity and provide quick, tangible results at the end of a few hours.

Start Woodworking (eBook, 115 pgs. $15) included with the Kumiko Course

The topics covered in this 10-part Kumiko course:

1. Introduction and history of Kumiko
2. Components of a Kumiko panel
3. Wood preparation of Kumiko components
4. Detailed video of Kumiko creation process
5. Detailed steps to create guide blocks
6. Techniques to simplify Kumiko making
7. Incorporating a Kumiko panel in furniture
8. Thicknessing sled
9. Bench hook project

A woodworking course by Norman Pirollo

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What you will learn

• Learn the traditional Japanese craft of Kumiko. The asa-no-ha motif is featured.
• Detailed steps to create the pattern are demonstrated and described.
• The Kumiko panels are created using several hand tools and some machinery in initial wood preparation.

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Level: Beginner Level

Duration: 2 hours

Instructor: Norman Pirollo