I was today years old, when clicking through YouTube, I found out about Kumiko.
Looks like something I would like to try.
Be interested if anyone here has done a project and has any tips, videos, books they like or project pics they like to share.
I was today years old, when clicking through YouTube, I found out about Kumiko.
Looks like something I would like to try.
Be interested if anyone here has done a project and has any tips, videos, books they like or project pics they like to share.
"Remember back in the day, when things were made by hand, and people took pride in their work?"
- Rick Dale
I like Matt Kenneys book on kumiko.
I'm having trouble uploading pictures, but here's a link to an instagram post of one of my kumiko panels I made following matt Kenneys instructions.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKUT4NoA...dium=copy_link
I recently made Matt's table saw jig for ripping thin strips. Makes it much safer and is more precise than other methods I've used.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGD7Hhe7sd8
Agree. Matt Kenney does an excellent job at all things Kumiko. Since the topic is Kumiko, I will be presenting a 4 part workshop series on Kumiko .. specifically the "asa-no-ha" motif through Lee Valley Tools. This is free! First livestream session is Oct. 28. For those interested in discovering Kumiko. What I like about Kumiko is whenever I'm between projects or simply don't have anything complex on the go, it is excellent for honing hand tool skills. The parts composing the grid can be made beforehand and then it is simply cut, bevel, assemble, repeat. Grids can be used standalone as wall art or integrated into furniture. Link: Kumiko Workshop Series: Introduction to Kumiko, a Japanese Woodworking Technique with Norman Pirollo | Facebook
Last edited by Norman Pirollo; 10-15-2021 at 9:50 AM.
Matt is a good place to start. For a more complete approach, there are a number of YouTube videos by Taeho Kwon on a massive screen he built. He has some great design of sleds for cutting hexagonal and diamond grids and some methods of constructing some of the more complicated kumiko patterns.
https://www.youtube.com/c/WoodArtStudio1/videos
Of course, Desmond King is probably, as far as I know, the preeminent Western authority on Kumiko. An Australian who studied Kumiko in Japan, he has a series of books detailing the construction, by hand, of a huge variety of patterns. He has a number of YouTube videos as well:
https://www.youtube.com/user/kskdesign1/videos
Here are a few of the Kumiko panels I've incorporated into recent work:
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The jewelry box is a Matt Kenney design. The others are my own.
Mike
That one is about 12" square. Thanks for the kind words. Here's another one.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJBhtNfg...dium=copy_link
Matt R,
Just a heads up but to post pictures you need to be a contributor. A measly $6/yr.
This is a good first kumiko project (at least for me). I made several as gifts. I think this is a Mike Pekovich project from FW.
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I just bought the first 2 Desmond King books. Kenney’s book is good, too lots of patterns.
Mike Farrington has a couple videos and a jig.
The ultimate is WoodArt Studio kumiko club.