Tsugi Woodworks

27/01/2025

Dear friends,

the time has come: Tsugi will leave facebook
(and possibly all socials)

Till we meet again in real life!

in the meantime I warmly invite you to sign up for my newsletter. (a few times a year a carefully written newsletter containing info on joinery, the woodworking studio and the making progress)

example of newsletter: https://tsugi-woodworks.email-provider.eu/web/dpaxtpm0su/0eor1ir3gd

👉 sign up: 👉 https://tsugi-woodworks.email-provider.eu/memberforms/subscribe/standalone/form/?a=dpaxtpm0su&l=mrodiodner

Be good!
Warmly,
Daan

Tsugi Journal | summer 2023

01/07/2023

https://craftscouncil.nl/meet-the-maker-daan-simons/

💫 Interview op Craftcouncil Nederland 💫

‘Ik ben houtbewerker met een voorliefde voor houtverbindingen. Inspiratie haal ik uit de (Japanse) eeuwenoude houtverbindingstechnieken, waar geen lijm of schroef aan te pas komt. Ik vervaardig tafels, sokkels en andere stukken uit massief duurzaam geproduceerd hout —Iepenhout, Eik, Es, Peer of ...

18/03/2023

Totem

I am happy to announce that I'll be working with talented young and wise illustrator/visual artist . For the coming four months we will work on a project called Totem.

With this project we explore and suggest a temporary use of the traditional totem; a spiritual tool that helps us to (re)establish a relationship with our environment.

In addition to being a means of connection, the totems will also take the form of connections, more specifically: wooden joints. We will be researching methods to make the art of joinery and illustrative drawings blend and reinforce eachother.

The trajectory is generousely supported by through the 'building talent' grand.

📣 Stay tuned for more 📣

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02/12/2022

LAST CALL - OPEN CALL – TOTEM KI NO

Are you a starting designer, and would you like to work together on imagining and making contemporary totems out of wood – joint together?

Then apply to the Open Call Building Talent 2022 of the Creatieve Industrie BEFORE DECEMBER 7th

The Open Call Building Talent offers 22 experienced designers and makers (Tsugi Woodworks being of of them) the opportunity to engage a talented starter (you?) over a period of four months (starting march 2023) through a collaborative process, making room for an in-depth research study or experiment.

About Totem ki No:

How can the ancient tradition of totem-making help us make the value of nature into something tangible in this day and age? Totem ki no suggests a contemporary use for the totem: an object that helps us establish or rejuvenate a relationship with our surroundings; a spiritual tool made of wood. In addition to being a means of connection, the totems also take the form of connections, or more specifically, wooden joints. Potential subjects for the sculptures I want to work on together are the power of lightning, a connection between man and air, and the energy of the turtle.

Does this sounds good to you?
Then check out: https://www.stimuleringsfonds.nl/en/grants/open-call-building-talent-round2

24/11/2022

OPEN CALL – TOTEM KI NO

Are you a starting designer, and would you like to work together on imagining and making contemporary totems out of wood – joint together?

Then apply to the Open Call Building Talent 2022 of the Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie before December 7th.

The Open Call Building Talent offers 22 experienced designers and makers (Tsugi Woodworks being one of them) the opportunity to engage a talented starter (you?) over a period of four months (starting march 2023) through a collaborative process, making room for an in-depth research study or experiment.

About Totem ki No:

How can the ancient tradition of totem-making help us make the value of nature into something tangible in this day and age? Totem ki no suggests a contemporary use for the totem: an object that helps us establish or rejuvenate a relationship with our surroundings, a spiritual tool made of wood. In addition to being a means of connection, the totems also take the form of connections, or more specifically,wooden joints. Potential subjects for the sculptures I want to work on together are the power of lightning, a connection between man and air, and the energy of the turtle.

03/09/2022

Lieve mensen,

🥁 Table #6 is eindelijk online te zien 🥁

Korte film gemaakt in samenwerking met Gonzalo Fernandez en met een super coole soundtrack van Tczeebo.

'Table #6 werpt een poëtische blik op het maakproces van een houten tafel die in elkaar gezet wordt als een shintotempel - zonder lijm of schroef. Een eeuwenoude puzzel ter ere van de boom. De kijker volgt stap voor stap het maakproces van een stapel perenhouten planken tot een elegant vervaardigde tafel'.

In 2020 vertoond op Ambacht in Beeld Festival en nu te zien op mijn (nieuwe!) site www.tsugi.nl

en ook op youtube https://youtu.be/d03q7P_KV6Q

Gaat dat zien!

A short video showing the sheer poetry behind crafting a wooden table using no glue or screws, inspired by Japanese joinery.The viewer follows step by step t...

28/08/2022

Some more pics of my latest Pear wood table ( #6)

For the step by step process making process of this table please see the docufilm by at my site.

This table is available for sale during

Many thanks to and for the super pics. They did it once again!

Good day to you all!

27/08/2022

Pear wood table ( #6) - post 3/3

Getting ready for : proudly presenting my latest table.
(Also the main character of the docu-film Table #6 by )

For the step by step process making process of this table please see my site.

This table is available for sale during

Many thanks to and for the super pics. They did it once again!

Good day to you all!

27/08/2022

Pear wood table ( #6) - post 3/3

Getting ready for MAISON&OBJET]: proudly presenting my latest table.
(Also the main character of the docu-film Table #6 by )

For the step by step process making process of this table please see my site.

This table is available for sale during MAISON&OBJET]

Many thanks to and for the super pics. They did it once again!

Good day to you all!

27/08/2022

Pear wood table ( #6) - post 2/3

Getting ready for : proudly presenting my latest table.
(Also the main character of the docu-film Table #6 by )

For the step by step process making process of this table please see my site.

This table is available for sale during

Many thanks to and for the super pics. They did it once again!

Good day to you all!

27/08/2022

Pear wood table ( #6)

Getting ready for : proudly presenting my latest table.
(Also the main character of the docu-film Table #6 by )

For the step by step process making process of this table please see my site.

This table is available for sale during

Many thanks to and for the super pics. They did it once again!

Good day to you all!

21/08/2022

One spot left in the 3-days workshop ‘woodjoinery’

De eerste 3 zaterdag van oktober geef ik een workshop 'houtverbindingen maken' via Crafts Council Nederland.

Gebruikmakend van handgereedschappen gaan we eenvoudige houtverbindingen maken. Verschillende delen hout aan elkaar verbinden zonder gebruik van lijm of schroef.
Stap voor stap doorlopen we het gehele maakproces: ontwerp, uitwerking (aftekenen, recht zagen met de trekzaag, hakken en steken met beitel en hamer) en afwerking in de vorm van kantjes breken, schuren en lakken, oliën, beitsen of branden.
Zin om de Japanse zaag ter hand te nemen? Voor meer info en aanmelden zie https://craftscouncil.nl/.../masterclass.../