My house had the generic metal bi fold closet doors which look very cheap.
Making shoji screens sliding doors.
This guide to creating shoji brings together both traditional insight and technical mastery of the craft from the perspective of an apprenticed sliding door maker.
Our custom shoji screens.
Press the paper onto the glued kumiko.
Shoji style sliding closet doors from scratch.
Cut shoji paper to fit perfectly inside the frame and roll it up.
Instead of thin easily damaged paper shoji screens our asian style glass dividers doors and closets add a clean modern and durable asian touch to any room.
Our sliding doors windows and other shoji products have been installed in homes businesses and other venues throuhout the los angeles basin and orange county throughout southern california and the west coast and across the entire united states.
Paint rice glue on one side of the kumiko structure.
Achieve that asian influence you seek and get both safety and durability with our glass shoji screens.
I wanted a higher end look but not a higher end price tag.
We have been crafting shoji products in our los angeles workshop for over 40 years.
Place the end of the paper roll at the top of the kumiko and roll it down inside the frame.
Today shoji screens are often used as sliding doors between rooms or to the outside as well as interior window coverings closet doors and freestanding screens.
Custom made screens are beautiful but the craftsmanship that goes into making them does not come cheaply.
The construction of shoji japanese sliding doors requires intricate skills and attention to detail.
To construct this tracking system from scratch you will have to etch a 1 16 inch groove into the lower.
Usually crafted by placing rice paper over a wooden framework shoji screens allow light to filter through a room while still maintaining some level of privacy.
If you are shopping for shoji screens you have probably found pre manufactured screens that are inexpensive but do not fit your needs.