Daily Archives: May 4, 2017

Building Woody Joe’s Shinmei-zukuri Shrine – Part V

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I’m just about half way through the model of a Japanese shrine. The model construction may not be exactly accurate, but the features of the building are interesting, and I’m thinking about how working on the roof structure may help with some wasen model construction.

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Continuing on, Step 5 is the last step on the first side of the instruction sheet and deals more with the roof construction.

Step 5 << Assembling the Roof  1>>

This time, I was able to divide up this step into left and right halves, so the above is the left side of the instruction sheet for step 5.

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An Interview with Boat Builder Douglas Brooks

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American boatbuilder Douglas Brooks has been working hard to study and document the craft of traditional Japanese boat building. He’s off again to Japan this month to study the construction of the cormorant fishing boats of Gifu prefecture.

An interview with him was just appeared on the Merchant & Makers website: http://www.merchantandmakers.com/the-craft-of-japanese-wooden-boatbuilding-with-douglas-brooks/

For more information on Douglas Brooks, visit his website at: http://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com