Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival Friday Workshop Spend the morning with Yann Giguere learning how to scribe and carve to fit the base of the post to the contours of the foundation stone.
Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival Friday Workshop Spend the afternoon with Jim Blauvelt learning how to layout and then cut a kanna dai.
Carving the Divine is a documentary film that offers a rare look into a 1400-year-old Buddhist woodcarving tradition and the practitioners struggling to preserve its legacy in a rapidly changing Japan.
In this demonstration they will show kata along with some explanations and application. Afterward they will discuss and explain the woodworking side and how it applies to our current practice along with opportunities for questions and answers.
Daniel Pinder
@tosa_samurai
Daniel is a full time finish carpenter and martial artist. Carpentry is his passion job and the pursuit of the Japanese method has been life changing.
His martial art journey has been a lifetime training in Iaido, kendo, kenjutsu, karate, judo, kyudo and sojutsu. Daniel has trained in Muso Shinden Ryu for over 20 years and is an Iaido sensei.
Josh Slaby
@tosa_no_kaiden
Josh has been training in various Martial arts for 18 years, and various sword styles for a decade. His love of Japanese swords and their fittings, inevitably lead to exploring the world of Japanese hand tools in order better maintain the swords used while training. Hi considers himself a lifelong student, and is always looking to gain deeper knowledge those arts he studies.
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival Presentation Strange grain patterns, knots and defects all can make planing tricky. Learn from Jon Billing techniques and methods for hand planing difficult wood.
During this year’s Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival we are providing informal venues for attendees to interface with top craftspeople to work through tool questions, troubleshooting, and gain experience.
Practice your hewing skills with Yann Giguere! More details to come…
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
During this year’s Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival we are providing informal venues for attendees to interface with top craftspeople to work through tool questions, troubleshooting, and gain experience.
Practice your kanna set up and planing skills with Brian Holcombe! More details to come…
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
During this year’s Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival we are providing informal venues for attendees to interface with top craftspeople to work through tool questions, troubleshooting, and gain experience.
Learn and practice your chisel skills with Matt Connorton! More details to come…
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
During this year’s Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival we are providing informal venues for attendees to interface with top craftspeople to work through tool questions, troubleshooting, and gain experience.
Practice your kanna and planing skills on difficult wood with Jon Billing! More details to come…
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
A straightforward, unsentimental explanation of the nature of Japanese tools and woodworking, and how there is more of a connection with the wider woodworking world than you may think.
This presentation is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
This presentation is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival Group Demo Spit a log, hew the sides, adze the top, and practice with the Japanese spear plane.
Compete for the thinest plane shaving with the Japanese hand plane.
