Construction

The Workbench

Esho Funi Butsudans are made of responsibly harvested woods, namely: poplar, pine, hemlock, alder and cedar.

  1. No nails, no screws
  2. Handmade using traditional Japanese handtools and construction techniques
  3. Original designs

New York

  • Beauty in simplicity
  • One board, One butsudan
  • No two butsudans alike
Measuring/cutting kumiko
Unfinished doors and kumiko
Day 3: walnut pins
Day4: drawer completed
Day 1: Planing the boards smoothe
Poplar panel
Day 5: pieces sanded smooth/clear-coated
Day 2: rough fitting
Day 1: Pieces dimensioned
Day 2: Pieces cut to size and planed smoothe
Day 3: Doors completed
Solid poplar board

Poplar
Detail of shoulder construction, hand-cut tenons and mortises
Tenon detail on Belt
Workbench
Studio
Walnut
Lattice Doors (bamboo and woven poplar)
Pieces of Body Style B
Construction of Body Style C with Panel Doors in Maple
Simple Door construction, showing hand-cut tenons and mortises
Construction of Simple doors with panel

 


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