Traditional Japanese Joinery Remake

March 2017

Overview

Recreated and printed models of Japanese joinery
Featured in an Autodesk article
Japanese Keyed Scarf Joint

Keyed Scarf Joint 金輪継ぎ (Kanawa-tsugi)

Japanese Column Joint

Column Joint 控柱継手 (Hikae-bashira-tsugite)

I have a passion for traditional Japanese architecture, especially the creative ways that wood columns and beams are joined together without the use of nails of screws. So I recreated two of them to allow others to tangibly understand how they work.

Japanese Keyed Scarf Joint Assembly

Keyed Scarf Joint Assembly

Japanese Column Joint Assembly

Column Joint Assembled

Autodesk Article

While at the VEX Robotics World Championships a representative from Autodesk interviewed me on applications I use their software for. An article was written by Jena Shore and published on Autodesk’s website.

Autodesk Article Excerpt

An excerpt of the article