Kenji Watanabe
@kenjiwatanabe
Woodworker & furniture maker. Joinery techniques, shop tours, tool reviews, and full project builds from raw lumber to finished piece.
Finishing oils vs lacquer vs wax. How to choose the right protection.
Year in review: Lebanese fashion design & haute couture taught me more than any school ever could.
Debugging session that took 4 hours. The fix was one line. Classic.
My apprenticeship in traditional Japanese carpentry. The years that shaped everything.
My top 10 travel photos of the year. Each one has a story.
The dovetail joint that took 40 attempts to perfect. Finally got hair-thin gaps.
Japanese joinery basics: Mortise and tenon without any metal fasteners.
Kumiko pattern tutorial. The geometric lattice art of Japanese woodworking.
Reclaimed wood projects. Giving old timber a second life.
Wood movement explained. Why your tabletop cracks and how to prevent it.
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