Daiku Dojo -- Japanese Woodworking Group

Time 2020-09-18 17:08:38

Web Name: Daiku Dojo -- Japanese Woodworking Group

WebSite: http://www.daikudojo.org

ID:51232

Keywords:

Dojo,Daiku,Japanese,

Description:

Gate for the Merritt Horticulture Garden, by Jay van Arsdale and students. Daiku: Japanese carpenter. Dojo: Hall for training, practicing. News Upcoming Events -Refer to the News section for recent site updates. Summer 2014 Daiku Dojo Shop Project Build an open roofed joinery structure (3x2x2 feet) suitable for use as a display area for sculptures, flower arrangements, bonsai-completed structure is ready for a lighted shoji lantern you can build in the next workshop, or on your own... Six Saturday Sessions 9am - 4pm June 14, 21, 28, July 12, 19, 26 Fee Including Materials $685 Class Size Limited 1 Half-Fee Student/Underemployed Scholarship Available Workshops at 3537 69th Ave, Oakland, CA 94605 Contact Jay van Arsdale (510) 635-7182, Jayvanarsdale@aol.comWe are a group of California Daiku inspired by the Japanese daiku and Japanese-style woodworking.The precise date of origin for Daiku Dojo is hard to trace. Maybe at some sake-drinkingnight an inspired member will fabricate the full glorious details of our history. Lacking that, we have a few recordsin the archive, along with a collectionof shop talk, to show to the generalpublic. In its current form, Daiku Dojo is lead by Jay van Arsdalesensei, master Japanese-style woodworker/teacher and consistsof a number of his students and some other enthusiasts. You can find out more about the members in about us, or about Jay's woodworking classes in the classes page.Daiku Dojo promotes Japanese woodworking projects. In alarger sense it means using hand tools, especially Japanese hand tools, more than is common in contemporary woodworking. For with hand tools weget more joy and pride in our work,by building not just wooden pieces but also precious connections - connections to ourselves, to past traditionsand craftsmanship, to the community at large, and hopefully to the future generations. You can look into thelatest news for our upcoming events and projects.There's also the links page where a numberof websites that's relevant to us are listed. If you find something here exciting and want to get more informationfor yourself or for someone else, you can contact us. We welcome you to get involved and grow with us.

TAGS:Dojo Daiku Japanese 

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Daiku Dojo is a Japanese style woodworking organization. Hand tool technique, joinery structure, construction, and community building are our focus. Japanese woodworking, Japanese tools, Japanese saws, Japanese planes, Japanese chisels, Japapnese carpentry.

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