Happy Belated New Year

from 

Matsu Kaze Woodworking

松　風　木　工

 Sorry for the delayed well wishing, I have been absolutely busy.

 There are many things that never get blogged about due to lack of hours in the day so

 I wanted to give you a quick recap of  some work that was not shared with you all in 2013.

 I may go back further in an upcoming post on some constructional details, such as the splay legged table .

If you would like to see anything in particular please write me and I will send you images directly.

 It's been an exceptionally busy past year and I can not thank my patrons and the good people of

 the Harbor Gallery in Kawaihea, Hawaii for all their continued support.

 I truly wish success and happiness to you all  (and you good readers as well)!

 Here goes.....

Koshido 

Japanese gate way / entry doors

Appropiate in a garden gate setting or genkan

 

Pictured front and back. Unfinished hand planed surfaces.

Western Red Cedar

too many mortices to count

the lap joints were all cogged.

Installed in existing opening

Monkey Pod Table with splayed legs.

This was a massive piece. Fully joined with double and quadruple tenons pegged and wedged.

4" thick averaging 42" wide and 10 feet long. 

 From a tree next to my home that I chainsaw milled to slabs.

 OSMO finish on a hand planed surface.

The base is held on entirely with full blind dovetails. 

No visible fastenings.

A cute little model to run thru the layout method.

And the drawing prior to execution of the piece.

Koa Isho Yaro Tansu

18x38x42 

Koa, Silk Oak, two secret boxes inside.

Single board top and sides. Blonde Shellac polish.

 Dan Chisler Custom Cast Hardware,

 Mokko shape in bronze. Matsu motif back plates.

Dan has retired mid summer last year. This hardware is now impossible to source.

I have an inventory for future work available.

 The koa is from the stash of a now passed Japanese Sawyer. 

This amazing material had been under his house for over 40 years.

Hand cut and hand planed always.

 I am currently making another similar with the last of this heirloom material.

Completed in the next two weeks. Please contact for info.

All for now, thanks for checking in. I am currently booked thru 2014. 

Please contact Harbor Gallery in Kawaihea, Hawaii

to see if they have any of my work currently available.

M a t s u  K a z e  W o o d w o r k i n g

simple devices for inspired living

H   I   L   O      H   A   W   A   I   I

MatsuKaze WoodWorking
        Correy Smith
                Hilo, Hawaii
              












This is a accompaniment to my web site www.matsukazewoodworking.com
The intent here is to share images of current works for sale and photo logs of the stages of progress for clients.
My name is Correy Smith. I build and design Japanese furnishings and small timber structures. Tansu , shoji, and other architectural works.


Current News......


I am unable to attend Summer Wood Show at Harbor Gallery.
It has been exceptionally rainy this year in Hilo. I had to re-dry some materials for a current project so I am sorry to say I will not be at the Harbor Gallery Summer Wood Show.


 I will be posting images of the current work soon. It will be available for direct purchase and pre-purchasing is encouraged.


I am currently building a large curly koa Cha Dansu. It will feature some pretty incredible curly burly Sugi panels for the door panels. Tone of the cabinet will be similar to this award winning piece sold earlier this year. A mango chadansu.

The new work measures 14x43x52 and is koa front and back. My largest chadansu to date and reflects a more formal styling of tea cabinet. 

Thanks for checking and being here for the launch of the new blog. I hope that you will enjoy the future content.

Correy Smith

www.matsukazewoodworking.com 

Correy@matsukazewoodworking.com