Kakushi Ari Kata Sanmai Hozo Joint
WestView News By Robert Kroll Hanging art in a small apartment, with few walls that don’t have doors and windows can be a problem. What if your furniture, your dining table, buffet or cupboards were created so that art could be displayed from them? That was the task I set myself to in my Dumbo design studio. By chance, I happened upon an article about an obscure Japanese wooden joint, known as the Kakushi Ari Kata Sanmai Hozo joint, that set off light bulbs in my head and sent me to the drawing board, The joint can be described as a mitred dovetail that is used at the corner of a table or cabinet to join two timbers at right angles. If you were to lace your fingers together at the knuckles, palms down, then twist your hands slightly toward each other, you’ll get the general idea. Like so much in the world of Japanese joinery and woodworking, this joint is self-sustaining, meaning it holds itself together without metal fasteners or potentially without any adhesive. I