Ikuo Yoshino is a Japanese joinery woodworker based in Chiba.
After graduating from a woodworking major, he spent a few years trying to find himself. This artistic wandering eventually led him to the US, where he finally found the purpose of his art and decided to follow his dreams in wood crafting.
Have a glimpse of Ikuo Yoshino’s Japanese woodworking journey.
Continue exploring Ikuo Yoshino’s crafts on his website (Japanese only) or on Instagram https://yoshinoikuo.com/index.html
https://www.instagram.com/ikuoid/
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18 Comments
On the preview he looks like that korean guy from the LOST
J'adore, merci de partager la passion de ce monsieur qui est tellement inspirant. Magnifique et envoûtant pays que le Japon.
Your production quality is through the roof! Yoshino's story resonates deeply with me. I'm curious to see how you interviewed him – interviewing people well is a true skill. I'm excited to see what else you create, and I just know your work will go big one day! Cheering you on ~
私はあなたにこの分野での成功を願っています。木はあなたがと分けたいと思わない材料である。 あなたと幸せな新年に幸運。私は本当にあなたのツール、特に飛行機が好きです。
I love what he says about wooden objects not being at their best when they're new, but after they've been used for a while, received a few scratches and gained their personality and uniqueness.
hello my friend, thank you for this. I live in America and have bad social anxiety, and no way to move my whole life to Japan to learn.
I have picked up a number of Japanese hand tools, all I have to learn is one book and the sparse English documentation of this craft on the internet…. I might have to learn Japanese so I can read all the good books!
Beautiful workmanship
Good Luck to you and your future.
Respect and best wishes.
Ash from Scotland 🏴
You said it, "a harsh reality check" when trying to sell your products.
Yes please!!!
榫卯 起源自中國8000多年前的 河姆渡文化遺址。傳統木工工具是中國2000多年前的 魯班 發明的！請參觀實物。
All cultures have craftspeople of great skill. The Japanese seem to have a monopoly on them though.
すべての文化には、優れた技能を持つ職人がいます。 しかし、日本人は彼らを独占しているようです。
the hard reality of craftsmanship is that you also have to earn a living from it. even jim krenov was frustrated by that reality. the only way around that seems to be to live a simple life and focus on simply surviving by doing something that brings you joy. domo arigato, anatawa ichiban shokonin desu.
It's a expensive journey I know, you can never have enough tools.
Yo también sueño lo mismo tener mi propio trabajo
Japanese is very good at story telling, and making something look majestical.
Such an amazing story, very inspring 🌟🙏🏻 thank you for sharing with us.
2:41 – "Despite these hurdles, I didn't want to give up. Instead, I decided to keep going, no matter what direction my art would take."
This resonates with me. I've been a furniture maker / cabinetmaker / woodworker / carpenter for 30 years now and second only to my love of making useful and sometimes even beautiful things of wood is my insistence that 'this is what I want to do!'
Respect and regards from a Norwegian woodworker
5:01 – Interesting joint ! (in the centre)
3-way alternating splines ?