Timber from Nara Prefecture, especially Yoshino timber, is a beautiful wood with few knots, tight grain and straight wood, and is useful as a luxury wood in Japanese-style rooms and interior furniture of wooden houses. This feature of Yoshino timber is a tree planting method called dense planting (multi-thinning), in which trees are extremely densely planted and weak thinning is repeated many times, so that the thickness is constant from the root to the top of the top It is created by growing up.
There are many workshops in Yoshino that have this commitment and desire for Yoshino timber.
The four workshops that represent Yoshino, who produce furniture that makes use of the beautiful wood grain and wood skin of Yoshino Lumber, with the feeling of being raised and passed down through generations. Here are the messages from each creator.
Making furniture that changes the concept
studio Jig uses the plywood technology called “Free Form Lamination” obtained in Ireland where he trained to produce furniture with a design that makes use of the characteristics of Yoshino cedar, “Long length innocence”.
By constructing a three-dimensional structure without breaking the wood fibers, even light and soft cedar wood can achieve the strength of furniture. In addition, the cubic curve that draws a gentle curve gives an impression unlike wood.
Please experience studio Jig furniture that realizes the strength as furniture while retaining the warmth and feel unique to cedar wood.
studio Jig
Address: Otaki, Kawakami-mura, Yoshino-gun, Nara
＞studio Jig Homepage
Stick to the mountains. Stick to trees.
KIRIDAS is run by a group of woodworkers working in Totsukawa Village.
In addition to “KIRIDAS ORIGINAL”, which uses wood from Totsukawa Village to make the best use of cedar and cypress, and handles everything from design to production in Totsukawa Village, “ TOTSUKAWALIVING ” supervised by furniture designer Eritoshi Iwakura We produce original products and custom-made furniture for each craftsman.
KIRIDAS Totsugawa
Address: Yamazaki, Totsukawa Village, Yoshino-gun, Nara Prefecture
＞KIRIDAS Totsugawa Homepage
Sincerely and sincerely in a better environment than anywhere else
From IZURU Izuru Woodworking, “I think that it is absolutely necessary to be a good chair that is durable, comfortable to use, comfortable to wear, and beautiful.” Yoshino wood is a gentle and beautiful wood grain Healing those who use it with a wonderful scent, smooth touch, and will delight the change of texture due to aging. We are aiming for a “long-lasting chair” that will not only get long-lasting, but also get tired of people over time.
IZURU Iizuru Woodwork
Address: Takino, Higashiyoshino-mura, Yoshino-gun, Nara
＞IZURU Iizuru Woodwork Homepage
Planes only in Japan, and Yoshino cedar
Furniture of Shimoichi Woodworking Building Ichi is finished while shaping Yoshino cedar with a plane. Plane finishing technology that brings out the beauty and warmth of the tree itself by performing the process from molding to finishing with a plane without using sandpaper. Rethinking the culture of wood and planes in Japan has created new furniture that embraces modern living.
Shimoichi Woodworking Building ichi
Address: Aichiga, Shimoichi-cho, Yoshino-gun, Nara
＞Shimoichi Woodworking Building Homepage
