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.
Making shoji sliding doors.
Shoji style sliding closet doors from scratch.
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.
I am writing this about a year after i completed my doors so i don t have my original.
The construction of shoji japanese sliding doors requires intricate skills and attention to detail.
Diy japanese shoji sliding door panels selecting washi paper.
How to build a japanese shoji sliding door step 1.
They will become the left and right sides.
Measure the opening for the shoji sliding door including the thickness of the door frame.
The most commonly used washi paper contains fibers from the gambi shrub mitsumata shrub or the.
Here follows a detailed description of the process i used to make a set of shoji doors.
Now comes the fun part.
The kreg jig i mentioned in the intro is invaluable to this.
Shoji sliding door panels are attached using a shikii floor rail and a kamoi overhead beam.
Installing the rail system.