What’s new
29 Apr 2012
7 Mar 2012
Consolidated list of shoji styles and patterns in the Shoji and Kumiko Design books added under the Publications page. The list can be found here.
30 Jan 2012
Shoji and Kumiko Design: Book 1 The Basics published.
6 Aug 2011
21 Jul 2011
17 Jul 2011
Welcome to the beauty of traditional Japanese shoji and kumiko art
Shoji (障子, pronounced “shaw-ji”) are traditional Japanese translucent paper-backed doors, windows and room dividers, and evolved into their present style around the mid-11th century.
The internal latticework (kumiko — 組子) comes in a vast range of designs, from very simple vertical and horizontal lattice, to patterns and landscape scenes that are absolutely breathtaking in their complexity and detail.
Our workshop is located in the beautiful and sunny Gold Coast, Queensland, and we specialise in shoji doors and windows and shoji screens featuring patterns that highlight the aesthetic beauty of kumiko art. We also design and produce fine furniture incorporating intricate kumiko patterns.
Please look around our site. Over time, we will add images of the items we have made and are making to the gallery, information about shoji, kumiko, the various shoji patterns and designs, replacing shoji paper, and general maintenance and care of your shoji product. By its very nature, kumiko work is largely done by hand, so for the woodworking oriented, we will also include information about the hand tools we use.
In early 2012 we published the first of our books on shoji and kumiko design — Shoji and Kumiko Design: Book 1 The Basics.
A list of all shoji styles and patterns in the books can be found here.
Our workshop is located in the beautiful and sunny Gold Coast, Queensland, and we specialise in shoji doors and windows and shoji screens featuring patterns that highlight the aesthetic beauty of kumiko art. We also design and produce fine furniture incorporating intricate kumiko patterns.
Please look around our site. Over time, we will add images of the items we have made and are making to the gallery, information about shoji, kumiko, the various shoji patterns and designs, replacing shoji paper, and general maintenance and care of your shoji product. By its very nature, kumiko work is largely done by hand, so for the woodworking oriented, we will also include information about the hand tools we use.
In early 2012 we published the first of our books on shoji and kumiko design — Shoji and Kumiko Design: Book 1 The Basics.
A list of all shoji styles and patterns in the books can be found here.
Des and Mariko King
Workshop:
Burleigh Heads QLD 4220
Australia
Burleigh Heads QLD 4220
Australia
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