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Tomobe House – Week 2

Sat, 08/31/2024 - 4:39pm

Trying to catch up with updates here on the house work in Tomobe, and I’m about a week behind at the moment. I’m probably not going to keep up weekly updates indefinitely but these first few weeks at the house have been full of interesting work and discoveries, which I though might be interesting to… Read More »Tomobe House – Week 2

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Tomobe House – Week 1

Mon, 08/19/2024 - 4:21pm

First things first, I want to say thanks to everyone for the well wishes and comments in the last post where I introduced our new home/project. It’s been a little over a week since we more or less moved into our new house in Tomobe, and a lot has happened. There’s no shortage of work… Read More »Tomobe House – Week 1

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Tomobe House

Fri, 08/09/2024 - 12:52am

Around the beginning of this year Kay and I started thinking hard about prolonging our stay here in Japan. There were a bunch of reasons to stay, despite promises I made to family and friends saying we would be returning to the US. But plans change, and truthfully we are really enjoying life here in… Read More »Tomobe House

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2024 Maine Timber Frame Workshop

Wed, 07/31/2024 - 10:13pm

Hey folks, I’m back in Japan and back to the blog after another stint away in the US to assist Yamamoto-san of Somakosha in teaching a Japanese timber frame workshop in Maine hosted by Jason Fox (Never Stop Building). The project was a major undertaking. Overall the structure was about 6.25m x 12.5m (~20′ x… Read More »2024 Maine Timber Frame Workshop

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The Year of Mud 2024 Workshop Highlights

Fri, 06/21/2024 - 5:49pm

Hey Folks, It’s been a bit quiet around here lately, but I’m back now in Japan after spending a few weeks in Kentucky teaching a couple of Japanese carpentry workshops with a good friend Yamamoto-san from Somakosha. The workshops were hosted by Ziggy and April of The Year of Mud, on their beautiful property near… Read More »The Year of Mud 2024 Workshop Highlights

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