Japanese Joinery

Born in Los Angeles in 1986, Dorian Bract spent his early years in California and Hong Kong. After finishing school, he embarked on an apprenticeship in Leipzig Germany to learn how to build Japanese shoji and fusuma sliding doors, as well as solid wood furniture. Throughout this time, Dorian learnt both traditional German and Japanese woodworking techniques. Having a huge passion for joinery and woodcraft, Dorian has been working as a talented woodworker since 2012. The Art of Japanese Joinery is his first book and is an amalgamation of his knowledge and talent in joinery. He is based in Berlin.

Joints include:

Half Lapped Dadoed and Keyed Gable Facia (Daimochi Ogami)

Blind Mitred and Keyed Box Joint (Hako Aikaki Shachi Sen Shikuchi)

L Shaped Dadoed and Rabbeted Scarf Joint (Hakosen Tsugi)

Blind Housed and Mitred Dovetail (Hashi Dome Arigaki Shikuchi)

X-Shaped Dadoed Ship End Joint (Kai no Kuchi Tsugi)

Blind Dadoed and Rabbeted Scarf Joint (Kakushi Kanawa Tsugi)

Keyed Sliding Dovetail (Suitsukisan)

Half Blind Hammerhead Mortise and Tenon (Kiguchi Ari)

Bow Tie Spline (Kine Kata)

Half Lapped Stub Tenoned Dovetail Splice (Koshiire Mechigaitsuki Aritsugi)

Triple Faced Halved Rabbeted Oblique Scarf Joint (Miyajima Tsugi)

Twisted Dovetails (Nejiri Arigata)

Pinned Dadoed and Rabbeted Oblique Scarf Joint (Okkake Daisen Tsugi)

Otemon Gate Pillar Splice (Osaka Jo Otemon Bashira Tsugite)

Stub Tenoned Pole Tenon with Draw Pins (Sao Shachi Tsugi)

Pegged and Wedged Housed Hammerhead Scarf Joint (Sashiawase Komisen Uchi)

Keyed Haunched and Stub Tenoned Pole Tenon (Shachi Tsugi)

Four-sided Gooseneck Splice (Shiho Kama Tsugi)

Dadoed and Rabbeted Housed Splice Joint with Key (Shingiri Daimochi Tsugi)

Keyed Blind Dovetail (Shinozashi Ari Tsugi)

Sliding Dovetail with Blind Stub Tenon (Suitsuki Sashi Shikuchi)

Tongue and Grooved Gable Fascia Secured with Keyed Sliding Dovetail (Suitsukisan Ogami)

Quadruple-Faced Halved Rabbeted Oblique Scarf Joint (Sumi Isuka Tsugi)

Diagonal Gooseneck Splice (Sumi Nihou Kama Tsugi)

Mitred and Haunched Mortise and Tenon with Tongue and Groove Shoulder (Sumidome Hozo Sashi)

Rabbeted Halved Dadoed and Keyed Scarf Joint (Sumikiri Isuka Tsugi)

Stacked Mortise and Tenon (Watari Ago Niju Hozo Shikuchi)

Stub Tenoned Right Angle Joint Secured with Keyed Floating Tenon (Yatoi Hozo)

Four Way Floating Tenon Joint (Yatoi Hozo Sashi)

Rabbeted Oblique and Dadoed Scarf Joint (Kanawa Tsugi)

Double Faced, Halved, Rabbeted, Oblique Scarf Splice (Isuka Tsugi)

Foxtail Tenon (Jigoku Hozo)

Four-sided Dovetail (Shihou Ari Tsugi)

Stub Mortise and Tenon (Mechigai Tsugi)