Diy japanese shoji sliding door panels selecting washi paper.
Making shoji sliding doors.
How to build a japanese shoji sliding door step 1.
Here follows a detailed description of the process i used to make a set of shoji doors.
Shoji style sliding closet doors from scratch.
The construction of shoji japanese sliding doors requires intricate skills and attention to detail.
Now comes the fun part.
This guide to creating shoji brings together both traditional insight and technical mastery of the craft from the perspective of an apprenticed sliding door maker.
The kreg jig i mentioned in the intro is invaluable to this.
The most commonly used washi paper contains fibers from the gambi shrub mitsumata shrub or the.
While many of the shoji doors in this project had different over all dimensions the joinery dimensions were all similar the main differences being piece total length and spacing of the kumiko mortises in the rails and stiles.
Shoji sliding door panels are attached using a shikii floor rail and a kamoi overhead beam.
Step by step instructions illustrated with photos of each work in progress.
Installing the rail system.
They will become the left and right sides.
I am writing this about a year after i completed my doors so i don t have my original.