Jul
28
1:00 PM13:00
Hand Plane Shaving Qualification and Competition
Compete for the thinest plane shaving with the Japanese hand plane.
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Jul
28
10:30 AM10:30
Yann Giguère: Log to Timber Split, Hew, Adze, Spear Plane
Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival Group Demo Spit a log, hew the sides, adze the top, and practice with the Japanese spear plane.
Jul
28
8:30 AM08:30
Yamamoto Kohei: Development of Formalism (Kiku-Jyutu) and Changes in Architecture
More details on this event coming soon!
Included in Sunday Registration for the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival
This presentation is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
Jul
27
6:00 PM18:00
Annual Yaki Niku BBQ + Bonfire Party
More details on this event coming soon!
Included in Saturday Registration for the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
Jul
27
2:30 PM14:30
Matt Connorton: Nomi-nomics: Getting the Most from Japanese Chisels
More details on this event coming soon!
Included in Saturday Registration for the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival
This presentation is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
Jul
27
1:15 PM13:15
Wilbur Pan: The Japanese tool Tradition: It’s Not What You Think It Is
A straightforward, unsentimental explanation of the nature of Japanese tools and woodworking, and how there is more of a connection with the wider woodworking world than you may think.
Jul
27
to Jul 28
Craft Coaching - Difficult Planing with Jon Billing
During this year’s Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival we are providing informal venues for attendees to interface with top craftspeople to work through tool questions, troubleshooting, and gain experience.
Practice your kanna and planing skills on difficult wood with Jon Billing! More details to come…
Included in Registration for the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
Jul
27
to Jul 28
Craft Coaching - Chisels with Matt Connorton
During this year’s Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival we are providing informal venues for attendees to interface with top craftspeople to work through tool questions, troubleshooting, and gain experience.
Learn and practice your chisel skills with Matt Connorton! More details to come…
Included in Registration for the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
Jul
27
to Jul 28
Craft Coaching - Kanna with Brian Holcombe
During this year’s Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival we are providing informal venues for attendees to interface with top craftspeople to work through tool questions, troubleshooting, and gain experience.
Practice your kanna set up and planing skills with Brian Holcombe! More details to come…
Included in Registration for the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
Jul
27
10:00 AM10:00
Craft Coaching - Hewing with Yann Giguère
During this year’s Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival we are providing informal venues for attendees to interface with top craftspeople to work through tool questions, troubleshooting, and gain experience.
Practice your hewing skills with Yann Giguere! More details to come…
Included in Registration for the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
Jul
27
10:00 AM10:00
Jon Billing: Hands-On Planing the most Challenging Woods
Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival Presentation Strange grain patterns, knots and defects all can make planing tricky. Learn from Jon Billing techniques and methods for hand planing difficult wood.
Jul
27
8:45 AM08:45
Yann Giguère: Woodworking as a Practice Body Mind and Spirit
More details on this event coming soon!
Included in Saturday Registration for the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
Jul
27
7:00 AM07:00
Daniel Pinder and Josh Slaby: Dawn Martial Arts Demonstration
Join Daniel Pinder and Josh Slaby as the sun rises for a Muso Shinden Ryu Embu martial arts demonstration!
In this demonstration they will show kata along with some explanations and application. Afterward they will discuss and explain the woodworking side and how it applies to our current practice along with opportunities for questions and answers.
Daniel Pinder
@tosa_samurai
Daniel is a full time finish carpenter and martial artist. Carpentry is his passion job and the pursuit of the Japanese method has been life changing.
His martial art journey has been a lifetime training in Iaido, kendo, kenjutsu, karate, judo, kyudo and sojutsu. Daniel has trained in Muso Shinden Ryu for over 20 years and is an Iaido sensei.
Josh Slaby
@tosa_no_kaiden
Josh has been training in various Martial arts for 18 years, and various sword styles for a decade. His love of Japanese swords and their fittings, inevitably lead to exploring the world of Japanese hand tools in order better maintain the swords used while training. Hi considers himself a lifelong student, and is always looking to gain deeper knowledge those arts he studies.
Included in Saturday Registration for the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival
This event is part of the Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival. Click below to learn more and register for the festival:
Jul
26
7:30 PM19:30
Film: Carving the Divine - Buddhist Sculptors of Japan
Carving the Divine is a documentary film that offers a rare look into a 1400-year-old Buddhist woodcarving tradition and the practitioners struggling to preserve its legacy in a rapidly changing Japan.
Jul
26
1:00 PM13:00
Jim Blauvelt: Hands-On Layout and Cutting a Dai
Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival Friday Workshop Spend the afternoon with Jim Blauvelt learning how to layout and then cut a kanna dai.
Jul
26
8:45 AM08:45
Yann Giguère: Hands-On Scribing a Post to Stone
Maine Japanese Woodworking Festival Friday Workshop Spend the morning with Yann Giguere learning how to scribe and carve to fit the base of the post to the contours of the foundation stone.