Custom made screens are beautiful but the craftsmanship that goes into making them does not come cheaply.
Making shoji screens sliding doors.
My house had the generic metal bi fold closet doors which look very cheap.
I wanted a higher end look but not a higher end price tag.
If you are shopping for shoji screens you have probably found pre manufactured screens that are inexpensive but do not fit your needs.
Paint rice glue on one side of the kumiko structure.
Instead of thin easily damaged paper shoji screens our asian style glass dividers doors and closets add a clean modern and durable asian touch to any room.
Our custom shoji screens.
Shoji style sliding closet doors from scratch.
After pricing real shoji doors at near 1000 i decided i could build something similar make it more durable and m.
Shoji sliding door panels are attached using a shikii floor rail and a kamoi overhead beam.
This guide to creating shoji brings together both traditional insight and technical mastery of the craft from the perspective of an apprenticed sliding door maker.
Press the paper onto the glued kumiko.
Usually crafted by placing rice paper over a wooden framework shoji screens allow light to filter through a room while still maintaining some level of privacy.
Our sliding doors windows and other shoji products have been installed in homes businesses and other venues throuhout the los angeles basin and orange county throughout southern california and the west coast and across the entire united states.
We have been crafting shoji products in our los angeles workshop for over 40 years.
To construct this tracking system from scratch you will have to etch a 1 16 inch groove into the lower.
Cut shoji paper to fit perfectly inside the frame and roll it up.
Achieve that asian influence you seek and get both safety and durability with our glass shoji screens.
Place the end of the paper roll at the top of the kumiko and roll it down inside the frame.