Kumiko: Learn Japanese Woodworking Design
Make the Locking Piece
A course by Matt Kenney , Professional Furniture Maker
About the video: Make the Locking Piece
Overview
“The locking piece is a shorter version of the diagonal, and you’ll learn how to work such a small piece safely, and how to fit it so that it holds the entire pattern together. In this lesson, you’ll learn how the paring jigs are designed so that you can quickly make all the pieces you need for the many asa-no-patterns in the panel, and what to do if you find that some pieces don’t fit. ”
In this video lesson Matt Kenney addresses the topic: Make the Locking Piece, which is part of the Domestika online course: Kumiko: Learn Japanese Woodworking Design. Combine geometry, patterns, and clean lines to craft delicate artwork with this ancient technique.
Partial transcription of the video
“Make the Locking Piece We've got two to three pieces of our pattern done. In this lesson, we'll make the last one, the locking piece and put all the patterns together. The locking piece is the last piece we're making. It goes from this corner down to the bird's mouth joint that the hinge pieces create. The nice thing about the locking piece is that, in this corner, it's bisecting a 90-degree corner and the bird's mouth is also a 90-degree corner, so at both ends, it has two 45-degree bevels that meet in the middle. In other words, it's like the diagonal, but shorter and the technique for ma...”
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Course summary for: Kumiko: Learn Japanese Woodworking Design
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Category
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, DIY, Interior Design, Woodworking
Matt Kenney
A course by Matt Kenney
Matt Kenney is a professional furniture maker who has been creating things from wood his entire life. He left academia to work as an editor at Fine Woodworking Magazine where he wrote articles, shared instructional videos, and co-hosted the magazine’s podcast. In 2015, he took on the “52 boxes in 52 weeks” challenge and discovered the Japanese woodworking technique Kumiko in the process. Since then, he’s been dedicated to learning new patterns and techniques whilst teaching others to do the same.
As well as furniture, Matt uses Kumiko to create decorative pieces of art. He has also published two books, 52 Boxes in 52 Weeks, and The Art of Kumiko in which he shares the techniques and knowledge he has developed during his career as a furniture maker.
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