Japan's ancient art of Hakone marquetry is used to provide intricate decorations on wooden boxes and other items. Woodworkers painstakingly cut pieces of different wood species and glue them together ...

NEW HOPE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Mira Nakashima's father, George, was known as a pioneer of Japanese woodworking aesthetics here in the United States. She has carried on the family business for many ...

A campaign to reinvigorate the furniture industry in Okawa, Japan, is using miniature mid-century modern furniture sized just for cats. “Craftsman Made” is a campaign dreamed up by Hiromatsu Wood Work ...

Sashimono is a traditional (and seriously impressive) Japanese woodworking technique that dates back centuries yet is still practiced today. It predates the fasteners used in modern furniture assembly ...

First emerging in Japan in the Asuka period of about 538 to 710 C.E., the intricate woodworking practice of kumiko has since spread worldwide. Once reserved for screens or inlaid panels in handmade ...

The cool thing about construction and engineering is that different spheres aren't always as isolated as you may expect. Some manner of construction technique originally conceived for houses, for ...