NYC: Kumiko Woodworking (Japanese Joinery)

Discover the centuries-old Japanese art of Kumiko, creating intricate wooden lattices without nails or glue. In this hands-on, beginner-friendly workshop, you’ll practice traditional patterns and use your skills to design a beautiful ichirin-zashi flower vase to take home.

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Location At your Home/Office or Partner Venue, New York

Pricing

$1,175 for up to 8 people; $109 per additional person

Duration

Up to 90 minutes

For a shortened session, please request desired length in special requests at checkout.

Group Size

Up to 30 people

Group size can be changed after booking if needed.

Materials All materials provided

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Alcoholic Beverage Options:

Alcohol is available for purchase at this venue
You may bring your own alcohol (BYOB) to this venue

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Non-alcoholic beverages are available for purchase at this venue
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Rescheduled events must occur within 6 months of the original event. Pricing will be re-quoted thereafter.

Precisely cut pieces hold by fit alone, as seen in shoji screens and interiors.

In this hands-on class you will:

Discover what kumiko is — its history and how it works.
Practice all three foundation patterns: asa-no-ha (hemp leaf), rindō (gentian), and goma (sesame) — building each one in the same practice frame, then taking it apart to try the next.
Use what you have learned to design your own arrangement inside the ichirin-zashi flower vase.

Kits are handmade by Ōminato Bunkichi Shoten in Kamo, Niigata, a woodcraft atelier dating to the Meiji era. Beginners learn the assembly order, fit, and handling with instructor guidance.

Beginner-friendly. The practice frame stays in the studio, so everything you learn goes into the one piece you take home: the ichirin-zashi flower vase you designed yourself.

Event Itinerary:

10 min: What kumiko is, its history, and why the lattice holds together without nails or glue.
40 min: Guests practice all three foundation patterns, asa-no-ha, rindo and goma, building each in the same practice frame and taking it apart to try the next.
30 min: Guests keep the pattern they like best and use what they have learned to design their own arrangement inside an ichirin-zashi flower vase.
10 min: Finishing and photos.

Note: Every guest takes home two pieces, the foundation pattern they kept and the vase they designed. All kits are handmade by Ominato Bunkichi Shoten, a kumiko atelier in Kamo, Niigata, working in wood since the Meiji era.

Provider note for At-client-location: When we travel to a client site, we ask for access to the room 60 minutes before the start time so the instructor can set up.