I wanted a higher end look but not a higher end price tag.
Making shoji screens sliding doors.
Cut shoji paper to fit perfectly inside the frame and roll it up.
Paint rice glue on one side of the kumiko structure.
Place the end of the paper roll at the top of the kumiko and roll it down inside the frame.
At the sliding door company we ve taken shoji screens to the next level.
Shoji style sliding closet doors from scratch.
To construct this tracking system from scratch you will have to etch a 1 16 inch groove into the lower.
Custom made screens are beautiful but the craftsmanship that goes into making them does not come cheaply.
My house had the generic metal bi fold closet doors which look very cheap.
Achieve that asian influence you seek and get both safety and durability with our glass shoji screens.
After pricing real shoji doors at near 1000 i decided i could build something similar make it more durable and m.
Our custom shoji screens.
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.
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.
We have been crafting shoji products in our los angeles workshop for over 40 years.
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.
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.
Press the paper onto the glued kumiko.
The construction of shoji japanese sliding doors requires intricate skills and attention to detail.