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Project: | redwood slab as screening device |
Location: | Denver, CO |
Material: | figured redwood, walnut |
Finish: | lacquer |
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Craftsman’s Notes
Western visitors to Japan may see stand-alone slabs of wood in some homes serving as a low screening devices, a variation of a tsuitate screen serving to lend privacy to those seated upon tatami covered floors. In the Western home a piece like this can serve as a object of natural beauty enhanced by the craftsman’s skills.