Subtle ichimatsu yosegi
Today is Monday, but it is a national holiday in Japan, so technically a day off. I’m at my workshop now, but I only came in the afternoon, a bit later than usual. It still feels like a holiday, but since I came, I decided to make some progress on my work. Today I made and attached the top and bottom panels for 4-sun 27-steps puzzle boxes that I’m currently working on.
As you can see in the photo, this time I used panels with solid wood veneer sheets. The overseas order is for the Zebrawood type, so I attached that, and for the others I used Walnut veneer panels, which I was able to use suddenly this time. I’m making these two types now. In addition to the Walnut type, I also made some extra Zebrawood type, so I have a little stock. If you are interested, please let me know (they are scheduled to be finished within this week).
For the side panels this time, I used a four-color Ichimatsu Yosegi pattern. A few years ago, when I made this design type with solid veneer panels, I noticed that customers seemed to prefer a plainer type of Ichimatsu for the side panels, such as the two-color type. Many people felt that the four-color type, like this time, looked a little flashy. Since I still have some stock of the two-color Ichimatsu pattern, I plan to try making them again with that plainer type when I produce extra stock in the future.
And yesterday, I finished the 4.2-sun 27-steps puzzle boxes. This time, apart from made-to-order pieces, I have three types in stock. I plan to take photos and upload them to this site one by one.
After making this again for the first time in a while, I realized again that the 4.2-sun box is sturdier compared to the 4-sun one (laughs). It actually has quite a few advantages, so I may make it again if there are requests, but for now I’ve removed it from my regular production list.
As for what’s next, I plan to make 4-sun 18-steps puzzle boxes. Once again it will be 4-sun size, with Ichimatsu pattern side panels. Including custom orders, I expect to make about 30 of them.The process will continue in a similar way to the 4-sun 27-steps puzzle box I just made. I have already prepared the shared parts, such as the "bocchi"
(a small wooden part used in the mechanism) and others.
As you can see in the photo, this time I used panels with solid wood veneer sheets. The overseas order is for the Zebrawood type, so I attached that, and for the others I used Walnut veneer panels, which I was able to use suddenly this time. I’m making these two types now. In addition to the Walnut type, I also made some extra Zebrawood type, so I have a little stock. If you are interested, please let me know (they are scheduled to be finished within this week).
For the side panels this time, I used a four-color Ichimatsu Yosegi pattern. A few years ago, when I made this design type with solid veneer panels, I noticed that customers seemed to prefer a plainer type of Ichimatsu for the side panels, such as the two-color type. Many people felt that the four-color type, like this time, looked a little flashy. Since I still have some stock of the two-color Ichimatsu pattern, I plan to try making them again with that plainer type when I produce extra stock in the future.
And yesterday, I finished the 4.2-sun 27-steps puzzle boxes. This time, apart from made-to-order pieces, I have three types in stock. I plan to take photos and upload them to this site one by one.
After making this again for the first time in a while, I realized again that the 4.2-sun box is sturdier compared to the 4-sun one (laughs). It actually has quite a few advantages, so I may make it again if there are requests, but for now I’ve removed it from my regular production list.
As for what’s next, I plan to make 4-sun 18-steps puzzle boxes. Once again it will be 4-sun size, with Ichimatsu pattern side panels. Including custom orders, I expect to make about 30 of them.The process will continue in a similar way to the 4-sun 27-steps puzzle box I just made. I have already prepared the shared parts, such as the "bocchi"
(a small wooden part used in the mechanism) and others.
