Jyubako - Woodwork for Fun

Stacking Box Making with Mitered Joinery

This is a 1-day course

$298

1. 5 April, Saturday, 2025

2. 11 October, Saturday, 2025

For anyone who wants to have fun with Japanese plane and take these simple & beautiful piece home!

Kids friendly! (from age of 8, please contact Hiroshi)

Technical aspects - Japanese plane, miter joint with key

Content

Making KOITOYA original design, Jyubako, stacking boxes.

This program includes Japanese hand plane experience.

This program requires a bit of physicality for plane work.

Well suited for beginners.

Well suited for intermediate level to experience Japanese plane.

Jyubako = Stacking box

Jyubako means stacking boxes in Japanese which are especially designed to use as lunch boxes to display the contents beautifully.

We are making Jyubako inspired boxes to have fun using a Japanese plane. You cut your materials to make boxes into your desired size (A4 size or under). You can use the box for any purpose. You can use my planes which are already well-sharpened. You will use jigs to cut accurate mitered joint. This class is not for technical development but more for fun.

Come and have fun making long shavings with Japanese plane!

You will gain the following from signing up

Small to middle size boxes, 2 boxes, all made your own hand.
Hands-on experience of using Japanese plane.

Dates

(two separate occasions)

1. 5 April Saturday, 2025
2. 11 October Saturday, 2025

Time

1 day, 7 hours in total

9:00-12:00 | 13:00-17:00

* Please be flexible for your schedule after the class. Sometimes your project requires extra time to finish

Schedule

AM: Cut with Japanese saw. Plane mitered joint and mitered sides

PM: Glue up. Fit spline, finish, and apply oil finish.

Lecturer

Clare Solomon (KOITOYA Design/Make/Teach)
Koitoya full time furniture maker. Graduated from ANU School of Art, Furniture

Clare has been an active artist exhibiting their own work occasionally.

Clare has been working full-time with Hiroshi since 2016.

Clare did a 6-month long residency with Shinrin-Takumi-Jyuku, school for commercial woodworking, and with Tak Yoshino at Mt. Fuji School of Fine Wood Working in 2023.

John Lane (KOITOYA Design/Make/Teach)
Koitoya full time furniture maker. Graduated from ANU School of Art, Furniture.

John has long career since 2003 working in the furniture industry.

Also he lived in Kanazawa - city for years.

Fee

$298

Class size

Maximum 8

Location

Koitoya Design/Make/Teach (Fyshwick, ACT)

Address

4/18 Maryborough Street, Fyshwick ACT 2609

Parking

Please park your car in the public parking area along Maryborough Street (Free), opposite J Racing.

We have two parking spots officially. Please contact me for the spot if you need to walk less for your health condition.

Way to the workshop

18 Maryborough Street is a battle axe block, located inside of the block, so you will be walking through the driveway that leads to the block from Maryborough Street.

The driveway has 2 accesses, one next to, and one next to Tania Maras Bridal, and one next to J Racing.

Unit 4 is a blue painted building on the right-hand side of the block.