Experience Level for this Class:

    Basic woodworking skills helpful but not required

 

Kumiko course description:  

In Japan, doors,windows and room screens are often decorated with a delicate wooden framework called kumiko. The beauty of these frames is enhanced by using small piece of wood to create geometric or floral patterns in the framework. This same technique can be used in furniture making to add a beautiful detail to a door panel, table top, or cabinet base. Kumiko panels also make eye-catching wall art.

 

At first glance, kumiko panels certainly give the impression that they’d be extremely difficult to make. However, they aren’t. In this class,you’ll learn how to make a square framework, and the classic asa-no-ha infill pattern. I explain how to make the joinery for the framework, and then we’ll assemble a frame. After that, you’ll create the small pieces used to make the infill pattern, and then get to work making them for your panel. At the end of the day, you’ll have a beautiful panel.   

 

Kumiko Course Outline:

1. Slideshow that explains how I make the frame parts

2.Show students how to assemble and glue up the frames

3. Students assemble frames

4.Demonstrate how to make each of the infill pieces (I do this one piece at a time with the students making their pieces before I demonstrate the next piece.)   

5.Sanding the completed pannel

 

Kumiko class tool list:

3/4 or 1 in. wide chisel. Please be sharp

Douki saw

 

Class Dates:  

 

Location:

    Herman Finkbeiner Educational Center

97 Railroad Ave, Albany, NY 12205

off Fuller Road.   

 

Cost of Course:

  $150.00 NWA Member

$210,00 Nonmember

Tuition – Paid to NWA

 

Registration:

There are only 12 seats available in this course.

 

Interested students must register with nwaeducation@gmail.com